Bridgertonhas always prided itself on being a love story but not necessarily in the way you think.
“What’s so amazing about them is they are incredible women.
But a large part of their strength comes from leaning on each other.
Charithra Chandran and Simone Ashley on ‘Bridgerton’.Liam Daniel/Netflix
“You need your family around you,” Ashley adds.
“That’s what makesBridgertonso wonderful and heartwarming.
They are teams, they are a unit.
Ruby Stokes, Phoebe Dyvenor, Will Tilston, Florence Emilia Hunt, Ruth Gemmell, Luke Thompson, and Jonathan Bailey on ‘Bridgerton’.Liam Daniel/Netflix
“For Edwina and Kate, although it is a love story, they are each other’s soulmates.
We often focus on romance being the center of our lives, but in most cases it’s not.
That relationship shows that no matter what happens, these two will always choose each other.”
Kate holds protecting Edwina above everything else in her life.
“Her priority is her sister and her family,” Ashley says.
“Anthony’s had so much of his evolution stolen from him through grief,” Bailey muses.
“He and his mother have such a codependent, weird relationship,” Bailey says.
“There’s no boundaries.
He’s had to be a surrogate husband to her and surrogate father to his brothers and sisters.
You get the sense that there is no space for Anthony.
They’ve all decided he’s really hard work.
He gets the sense that everyone else is freer.”
“They hold a mirror up,” Bailey says.
He’s never really listened.
That’s what the familial love in the show is all about.”
Now, that’s some true brotherly (and sisterly) love.
All eight episodes ofBridgertonseason 2 will begin streaming March 25 on Netflix.
For more onBridgerton, pick up the March issue ofEntertainment Weekly, on newsstands Feb. 18.
