The art of adaptation is a tricky one.
There is also the task of making sure all those other characters still have plenty to do.
We never get the sense that she has any true depth of feeling for him.
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But she also has unresolved trauma, triggered by rainstorms, over losing her mother so young.
But Van Dusen and Chandran have breathed new life into her.
Here, Edwina goes from dutiful daughter and hopeless romantic to an empowered woman.
Simone Ashley, Adjoa Andoh, Shelley Conn, and Charithra Chandran on ‘Bridgerton’.LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
Edmund’s Death
In the novel, Anthony doesn’t see his father die.
He and Benedict come home from a day out on their estate to discover the terrible news.
But it stays a private incident between the two of them.
Simone Ashley and Austin the corgi on ‘Bridgerton’.Liam Daniel/Netflix
None of this occurs on the page.
It has the same effect on Anthony, making him finally admit how deeply he cares for her.
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Phoebe Dyvenor as Daphne and Jonathan Bailey as Anthony in ‘Bridgerton.'.LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
‘Bridgerton’ season 2.Liam Daniel/Netflix
Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte on ‘Bridgerton’.Liam Daniel/Netflix
Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton.Liam Daniel/Netflix
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