OHMYGOSSIP — Simone Ashley is “going to be back” for the third season of ‘Bridgerton’.
The ‘Sex Education’ star is “just getting started” with the Netflix period drama and confirmed she and Charithra Chandran – who plays her little sister Edwina Sharma – will be back for the next instalment.
The 27-year-old actress told Deadline: “We’re going to be back! Kate and Anthony are just getting started.”
Simone – who plays Kate Sharma in the Shonda Rhimes created show based on the book series by Julia Quinn – revealed that the next series will be getting a new showrunner with Jess Brownell as she addressed “the push and pull” between her and her future husband Lord Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey).
She said: “We have the amazing Jess Brownell who is taking the lead as showrunner in Season 3. In Season 2, there was a lot of push and pull between Kate and Anthony, there were complications with the family, and then they find each other towards the end. I think everything is just starting.”
For the third season, Simone really would “like to see Kate just let go a bit more and play more”.
She added: “She’s in charge of the household now and she’s got big boots to put on. I think she can do it. I want to keep that softness and vulnerability to Kate, for sure, and she can share that with Anthony. I’m just excited for her to have a home and to have a family.”
Simone admitted to being “excited” to see Kate develop as a character after she admitted her true feelings to her little sister’s betrothed.
She said: “I’m excited to see her grow. I think I’d like to see Kate being much braver and less headstrong and more heart strong.”