Nicola Coughlan’s head was ‘fried’ filming Derry Girls and Bridgerton in quick succession

OHMYGOSSIP — Nicola Coughlan’s head was “fried” filming the final of ‘Derry Girls’ so close to season two of ‘Bridgerton’.
The 35-year-old actress – who stars as Clare Devlin in the Channel 4 sitcom and Penelope Featherington in the Netflix period drama – had a major storyline to film for ‘Bridgerton’ before wrapping ‘Derry Girls’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and admits it all felt “like a blur”.
She told RadioTimes.com: “I think, because it was filming in COVID and it was really stressful, I don’t know that we really processed it.
“It was weird. I think it’s a show that now it really feels like it belongs to the fans, if that make sense.”
Nicola admitted it was “heavy going” but praised the production company for making it as easy as possible.
She continued: “It felt like a blur because I wrapped ‘Bridgerton’ on a Friday morning – [production company] Shondaland were really kind to me and compacted all my final [scenes] – and it was heavy going because it was all the big stuff for Penelope.
“Wrapped on a Friday morning, flew on the Saturday, costume and makeup on the Sunday and into set with Derry Girls on a Monday. So my head was fried.”
She added: “But yeah, Shondaland, I’m eternally grateful that they kind of made that work and made it happen. The experience was a blur, but the scripts are great. They’re always great.”
Last week, Nicola had skip the ‘Bridgerton’ premiere after testing positive for COVID-19.
The actress took to Instagram to reveal she wouldn’t be in attendance at Tuesday night’s (22.03.22) big event in London to celebrate the second series ahead of its launch on Friday.
Posting a picture of herself in a white robe with a towel wrapped around her head, she wrote: “My Bridgerton Premiere look- a little different than expected.
“So I’ve been struck down with Miss Rona and I’m missing our first premiere- heartbroken is an understatement but sending so much love to my gorgeous cast mates who I hope have the best night.”
The star still got glammed up for the night, with crimson red lipstick, metallic eyeshadow and a gorgeous silver statement necklace.
She jokingly referred to her look as “infectious virus but make it fashion”.

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