Lady Danbury herself waltzed the red carpet of the Bridgerton Season 3 – Part Two Special Screening in London where she came face to face with the show’s adoring fans.
She discussed the impact the show has had, what it says about “posh” society, and shared her awe at the talent of Shonda Rhimes. Report by Burtonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
She discussed the impact the show has had, what it says about “posh” society, and shared her awe at the talent of Shonda Rhimes. Report by Burtonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We are at, I guess, the embodiment, the epitome of a Bridgerton fandom event right now.
00:05Yes.
00:06Is it making you more emotional every time you come to one of these things?
00:09Ask my children. I cry at Mary Poppins. Everything makes me cry.
00:12But, you know, to be... I was in Poland doing a fan event there.
00:17People came from the Czech Republic, from Romania, all over Europe to the event because they love the show so much.
00:24I was in Johannesburg. People came from all over Africa because they love the show so much.
00:29Same thing in New York. From all over the country they were coming.
00:31Everybody looks fabulous. Nobody gives a monkey's about anything apart from, do you love the show?
00:38Don't care about your income bracket. Don't care about your sexuality, your politics, your race, your gender.
00:43None of that matters. Do you love the show? All right, we can deal.
00:46And I love that. It's really moving.
00:48And I also feel that in countries where not everybody is in the same power dynamic,
00:57Bridgerton is like a safe space.
00:59So, you know, there are places in the world that are not LGBTQ friendly, for example.
01:05If you come to a Bridgerton event, you are welcomed in. And I'm really proud of that.
01:10Do you think Bridgerton is making posh cool again?
01:13Like, you know, it's high society, it's all very fancy, but we love it, don't we?
01:16It is posh and it is high society, but you always have those little sniffs.
01:21You know, like the Mondritches. What's happening with their world? How are things shifting in that?
01:26I love the housekeepers. I always want to go downstairs and see what's going in there.
01:31If they're going, oh, those dogs, you know, whatever.
01:34I think they don't lean so much on the posh. I mean, it does look fabulous.
01:40There is court, there is etiquette and all that.
01:42But there's something about the human within the posh. And that, to me, is interesting.
01:47You've done so much fantastic work over the years, of course.
01:50Is Bridgerton the one where people will come up to you?
01:52Is it having the biggest fan impact, do you think, day to day?
01:55So, it's on Netflix. Where is Netflix not in the whole world?
02:01I can't think of anywhere. Maybe in the middle of the Amazon rainforest.
02:04I don't know, but probably it's there as well.
02:06It's Shonda, who is the queen of drama, is she not?
02:10I mean, she's been embedded in my family since my kids were little.
02:13It used to be bath pyjamas, Grey's Anatomy. You know, that was the routine.
02:17And then you've got this bestselling series of, internationally bestselling series of novels by Julia Quinn.
02:24So, you know, that's a triumvirate of global dominance, isn't it?
02:28And especially if you drop during a pandemic when everybody's feeling lonely, isolated, friendless, the opposite of glamorous.
02:36To have that show to just dive into, to just park your mind for a little while and be absorbed by something else.
02:43I think all those aspects came together and have made it the phenomenon it is.
02:48But also, it's done something revolutionary with historical drama.
02:53You know, it's changed the way people structure and showrun historical dramas.
03:00And so I think it's been quite a thrilling ride in that respect as well.
03:05You mentioned The Shonda Project.
03:07Yes.
03:08Quite a spectacular one, one of many.
03:09Yes.
03:10Would we like to work on more Shonda Projects?
03:12If she came to you and asked you?
03:14I would read the telephone directory for Shonda.
03:17Although she would make it more interesting, obviously.
03:19Yeah, maybe change the alphabetical order. I don't know.
03:22Thank you so much for your time. You're so wonderful to talk to.
03:25I really appreciate you. Have a good evening.
03:26Thank you.