As Shonda Rhimes’ dynamite Netflix debut, Bridgerton captured audiences around the world and shattered the streamer’s viewership records as its most watched original series. While filmi…
Julie Anne, you’d worked with Shonda Rhimes before, directing a host of her shows. So was it a natural segue toIt was quite a natural transition. I think probably because I’m English they thought that I’d be a good person to direct it. Then I got some scripts and read them and thought they were beautifully written. And then I was like, “Oh gosh, this one’s going to hurt if I don’t get it.
Julie Anne, you directed two episodes of the show, one of which was the first episode. How did you go about setting the tone for the series?We did etiquette classes, but we were also very keen to make sure that the etiquette wasn’t alienating to the audience in any way. We wanted to translate the etiquette — the head nods and the curtsying — to what that means to us today. There’s this thing called “the cut,” which is my favorite thing in the world.
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