Jonathan Bailey And 'Bridgerton' Author Julia Quinn Have This To Say On Changes From Book To Series
Bridgerton Season 2 has now been out for a week, and the reviews are in: People freakin' loved it.
anthony bridgerton said “i am not a man of poetry” and then turned around and delivered “you are the bane of my existence and the object of all my desires. night and day i dream of you” all men do is lie
— robin (@lastpages_) March 30, 2022
this 5 second scene had no reason being this hot oh my #Kanthony #Bridgerton pic.twitter.com/LyegINeUot
— daily kanthony 🐝 (@dailykanthony) March 31, 2022
Many die-hard fans of Julia Quinn's novels, however, were disappointed by certain changes that took place between Season 2 of Bridgerton and their source material, The Viscount Who Loved Me.
In particular, they noted that many of the most pivotal Anthony and Kate (Kanthony, as the kids are calling it) moments were either ommitted entirely from the show or very toned down.
For example, the now-famous bee sting scene from the show, where Kate quells Anthony's panic attack after she is stung, was originally supposed to be what the entire show hinged on: Anthony is caught sucking the venom out of the sting on her chest, and they are therefore compromised and forced to wed.
This is a fairly large difference, and it is one of many between the two mediums. However, book author Julia Quinn doesn't seem bothered by the changes.
"There's almost nothing in the book in the show that is word for word, or even scene for scene, that's pulled from the books, but the characters are absolutely true to who they are in the books, the character relationships are true to the way they are in the books."
But even better than that, Jonathan Bailey - Anthony Bridgerton himself - gave those fans a little more to hope for: Because, he reminds us, Kate and Anthony are still Lord and Lady Bridgerton for all seasons moving forward.
"We know that, there will be a future Kanthony. There's a lot of those incredible conversations that happen towards the end of the book, which I really loved, about mortality and the understanding they have for each other. I'm sure there's going to be space for those now that they're together, maybe we'll be able to nod back to those scenes and bring them forward into the future."
So, if you're one of the many fans who felt jilted by the loss of some of your favorite book scenes, don't take it too hard: You only have to wait as long as the rest of us for more Bridgerton.
Of course, if you don't want to wait even a little bit, we can't offer you more of the show, but we can offer you a discussion podcast about it: Check out Whistledown, Pinkies Up, in which my coworker Carly Polistina and I discuss Everything that went down in Bridgerton Season 2.
