Part of the success of the adaptation of Quinn's book for TV has been attributed to break out star Regé-Jean Page as protagonist Simon Basset. Phoebe Dynevor plays eldest Bridgerton daughter Daphne, who is in search of a suitor and falls for the unsuitable and reluctant to marry Simon. — Netflix
Shonda Rhimes was on holiday when she stumbled upon the first book in the British Regency-era Bridgerton book series, The Duke & I, by American author Julia Quinn and quickly was all in.
“I immediately went out and bought all the rest of her books,” says Rhimes in a recent interview. “Her way with words is delightful. I thought, ‘These are characters I’d want to know’. They had a universal feeling to them and I thought they’d make amazing television.”
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