Benedict bridgerton actor gay

To me, acting is a little bit like a magic trick. Who Is John Stirling in Bridgerton? Is Benedict Bridgerton gay? Could it have turned into something more? I hope I get to jump in a lake. Someone said to me the other day that both Colin and Anthony have a sort of heartbreak, which is then the instigator [for them finding love in the next season].

While Benedict Bridgerton’s sexuality isn’t stated in the books, showrunner Jess Brownell and actor Luke Thompson have confirmed that Benedict is pansexual. What I find so deeply relatable about this show is this idea [that] you grow up in this family where you know who you are and how you relate to everyone within that structure, and then you have to exit and find out who you are outside of that structure.

Freedom is great, but there are limits to freedom. Acting is such a freeing thing to do. But if you ask another actor, they would have an entirely different answer, because the experience of acting would feel totally different to them. I like jumping in a lake.

Throughout our conversation, Thompson repeatedly insists he does not know whether he will play the male lead in the fourth season of Bridgerton. Bridgerton finally addresses Benedict's sexuality, but what does it mean? It is where, in some ways, I feel happiest, so I need to protect that—not out of a sense of secrecy or privacy.

Where does he want to go? The only word I can think of is how subtle desire is. I love that scene when she says that [Gregory is her favorite]. All three seasons of Bridgerton are now streaming on Netflix. Funnily enough, it is probably also closer to the original period.

In terms of Tilley and Paul, Benedict is attracted to their way of thinking. "His connection with Tilley Arnold is about him figuring out how to be of society while still being true to himself.

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But that considerable freedom is as much a blessing as it is a curse; over the years, Benedict has experimented—with art, with women, with opium—in search of his true calling in life. But I do also think that in that period, sex was sex, and the idea of identity is maybe a more new concept.

Benedict opens himself up to a new world of pleasure in the second half of the new seasonwhich premiered Thursday. I think filming a sex scene is no different from filming a dance scene, actually, and particularly now with intimacy coordinators as well, it really feels like it is just another way of telling the story.

This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity. Benedict Bridgerton has been busy romancing a lady in Bridgerton season 3, which has some fans asking: wait, isn't he gay?. I think it really delves into the fact that our feelings—particularly when it comes to sex or desire, but even more generally—there really is a spectrum, and there really is a tipping point.

Watch Next. I think Julia Quinn is always very good at finding these quintessentially Regency romance moments, so there are loads [that I want to adapt]. For his part, as long as he gets to keep peeling back the layers on Benedict, Thompson—who cut his teeth primarily as a theater actor in the U.

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