Spoilers ahead. Perhaps the relationship between Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) doesn't get the marquee ...
But there's no desire—and I want to be sincere about this—there's no desire to do it so I can lead this show. But I do think it would be—not to ignore romance with Eloise, of course—but I do think there'd be something really cool about her finding her path. I think Eloise needs to be able to listen, and then forgive. I think Eloise will continue to be a good mate and not tell anyone, because what does Eloise gain, really? Yes. Eloise is going to have to listen, I think. So I think it's better than I could have imagined, and I just love it. And I think Eloise thinks her answer to that is finding out who Lady Whistledown is. And I think we also needed to be conscious of their age. I think she likes that it's someone outside of the society she knows, outside of the ton, because she finds that her environment is so stale. I was so pleased when I got the [script for] the episode where Eloise was going to find out. I couldn't believe I got to work and do something I love so much. I think Eloise is really close to the audience.
Claudia Jessie, who portrays Eloise on Netflix's 'Bridgerton,' talked to Vulture about playing the character and what to expect with season three.
A lot of the women in the show are quite bare and like to show a lot of arms and chest. I would love Eloise to find a clear objective and focus on one thing. Penelope knows how much Eloise loves Lady Whistledown and how much she probably wanted to be her. She talked a lot about how amazing she is and how they should aspire to be just like her. I liked that I got to unsubscribe a little bit and be a bit clumsy. There’s a firmness to the cut and the style of her clothes. I think they should be able to exist and be free and do what they want to do. A lot of us have cried when we watch them perform to the music. She, and also Penelope in a way, are signs of what’s to come. What do you mean I have to do this? Eloise is that beautiful, fresh, young mind who quite rightly is thinking about her right to autonomy and freedom and not to be a property of a man and to want to earn her own money. She’s a sign of what was to come.
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“So, there are things that we do, and certainly that I do, in life to make sure I stay as sane as I can. Think of us as your eyes and ears. But one thing we do share is like a love for a quick wit and comedy. And that's what I think TV does; it shows us examples of how relationships can change over time.” Comedy is the centre of my heart,” she says. Because Eloise is incredibly honest as well, a very honest person, so I think she'd be incredibly blown by that,” says Jessie. “She really is that on the page. I'd love her to see her get political.” I get to be fun and quick and outspoken and no filter. I think people will see that shift in their friendship.” As the first season unfolded, Eloise, with her smart mouth and high ideals, became the darling of the internet, every TV fan’s plucky little sister, or best mate with moxie. This season, we get to see Eloise reluctantly introduced at court where she’s forced to navigate the cutthroat world of strategic fan fluttering, coquetry and husband nabbing.
The actresses talk to ET about the aftermath of the BFFs' blowout fight in the finale and what this means moving forward.
And so I think that I'd like her to continue to explore that. I don't think she'll want to ruin Penelope." She writes about her family, she knows that Eloise has been an enabler because they'll hang out and chat and gossip and then Penelope will absolutely put that in her column, so I think there's so much to unpack in this." "I was really pleased," Jessie said. Since you know Penelope is Lady Whistledown, you are very much aware when she’s not telling the truth and I’m honest to a fault, so I found it really uncomfortable when Penelope is outright talking at Eloise as Lady Whistledown. I was sweating. I think she has some apologizing to do." "I wish never to see or speak to you again," Eloise stated clearly before she left Penelope... for good? But I think Penelope has got some apologizing to do. "I wrote what I wrote and I gave it up for you," Penelope cried. "I look at you now and all I feel is pity for you. I ended my friendship with Theo because of you -- one of the only good things in my life, all because of your self-serving manipulation." And then I thought about how you've said about how people are talking about me and Theo -- only if that were the case, Whistledown would've written about it weeks ago...
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At the end of this season, she works out that Penelope is Lady Whistledown and the pair fall out in a heartbreaking showdown. “I’m glad they did it that way,” Jessie adds. She thinks it’s a load of crap, but she didn’t even know how babies were made in season one.” laughs Jessie, who remembers her own first crush being Jessica Rabbit (“way out of my league”). “To see someone like Eloise have romantic feelings is really cool. I hope they do,” says Jessie. “But the first cut is the deepest when you fall out with a mate. “Eloise is the most explicitly feminist character – she’s the one with the megaphone. Season one focused on the romance between Eloise’s sister, Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) and the Duke of Hastings, Simon Bassett ( Regé-Jean Page). Eloise’s feminist credentials were thrown into question by some fans when she mocked Daphne’s dream to be a wife and have children. “TV is supposed to make people talk and discuss ideas. “But Shondaland [the hit production company behind the series] and Netflix are such industry giants, that no-one thought it was going to flop.” “She has this sprightly vibrancy,” she says. It follows the aristocratic families of Mayfair, known among the characters as “the ton”, as they follow society’s strict rules around love, friendship, money and respect. Instead of feeling pressured to live up to the first season’s success, any anxiety Jessie had was overshadowed by her relief to be working again.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season two finale of “Bridgerton.” Eloise Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington's friendship is one of the ...
“In season two, you see (Eloise) entering different parts of society, different groups of people and challenging new ideas and interesting topics and debates and all of that sort of stuff,” she said. “You know, I really hope they continue to explore that. “I’d love to, because obviously Eloise didn’t get to be honest about why they can’t work,” she said. And when she just goes on the attack, it’s completely just because she’s going, ‘Well, I gave this up for you and you didn’t even appreciate it.’” So when we found out, we were like, ‘Oh, my God, this is going to be heartbreaking.’ We just sort of had lots of hugs that day.” So I would love for them to be able to have an honest talk about it, because he thinks it’s because they can’t transcend class. “Can they just make up straightaway?’ You know, they can’t — it wouldn’t make sense — but I feel sad that I may have less starting next season without her. “That’s sort of the best position to be in as a viewer. But after she discovers Penelope’s secret in the season two finale, the longtime best friends’ tension culminates in an explosive argument, which ends with Eloise telling Penelope, “I wish never to see or speak to you again.” Don’t you think Whistledown is still funny?’ So she needs Eloise to think she’s great. “It’s a very yummy position to be in as the audience, knowing something that the characters don’t know,” she said. Jessie added, “I also love how much Eloise drags Penelope out of rooms.
"I think there's an idea that people maybe don't associate love and romance with Eloise," Claudia Jessie tells "Glamour" about "Bridgerton" season two.
It was the 4th of April 2019. It was April 2019. Which is why it was such a nice surprise when the character develops her first crush in season two.
Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) is holding onto a huge secret in Bridgerton Season 2 and one moment about that secret involving Eloise goes too ...
However, she only does so after Eloise threatens to pretend to be Lady Whistledown. Penelope fears that her best friend, who now disdains the woman she once admired, will destroy her legacy. Penelope believes she's helping Eloise when she reveals to the ton her friend is pursuing her political passions. After Penelope's Lady Whistledown reveals that Eloise is consorting with political radicals, Ms. Bridgerton suffers another blow by her best friend's hand.
Bridgerton's showrunner Chris Van Dusen has described the finale's major confrontation as "brutal and devastating".
She's lost her alter ego. Nicola and Claudia give performances that are just out of this world. She's lost her best friend.
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But now in season two she really liked how now that everyone knows about the big reveal. Recently Nicola talked about the new season and her perception of women in modern society. But in the newest Bridgerton season 2, all things are out in the open.
Penelope isn't the only one keeping busy, either; the viscount Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) is dedicated to finding a wife during the season, and he's ...
Outside of the new romance, Penelope is still the show’s most interesting character, and with her identity as Lady Whistledown now known to us, it’s only a matter of time before the Queen (and Penelope’s BFF Eloise?!) starts getting closer to the truth. Ashley’s immediately obvious chemistry with Bailey is what makes this second installment of Bridgerton so exciting right out of the gate. We soon learn she is Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley), who, along with her younger sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran) and mother Mary (Shelley Conn), is a guest of Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh) for the season. Our Take: The first season of Bridgerton went heavy on the sexy stuff and light on subtlety. This time around, the series seems more interested in embracing the Jane Austen of it all, instead spotlighting explosive chemistry and the power of insult-based flirtation. Simone Ashley, so wonderful on Sex Education, is a perfect addition to the series, shaking things up with her take-no-shit attitude and fearless sense of self. It’s been a year and change, but the second season is finally streaming on Netflix. This time around, the eldest boy in the Bridgerton family gets his shot at finding love. The season is in full swing as everyone arrives at Lady Danbury’s ball, where Kate overhears Anthony having some unbecoming bro talk about finding a partner. We get a peek into her process, how she overhears gossip, negotiates her rates, and ensures that the pamphlet is delivered to everyone. Living in Daphne’s shadow is crushing her, and the idea of disappointing everyone is too much. The steamy, soapy period drama set in Regency era-London took the world by storm with its leading dreamy duo’s electrifying chemistry and a juicy mystery at the center of it all. The Queen, meanwhile, is anxiously awaiting the return of Lady Whistledown, who has been mysteriously absent since the end of last season.
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Since "Bridgerton" is a romance, hopefully the two best friends can find their way back to each other. Lady Whistledown has written about things Eloise told Penelope, things that Eloise only told Penelope. Penelope is Lady Whistledown. The fighting gets vicious, with both women trying to knock the other down a peg, but it only leaves them both upset and alone. Penelope feels incredibly guilty that her friend is shouldering the blame, and wants to get Eloise out of trouble while still keeping her own secret safe. Queen Charlotte tells Eloise that Lady Whistledown must start working with the queen, or she'll reveal her identity and shame the entire Bridgerton clan. In season two, it becomes much harder for Penelope to keep the secret as Eloise starts attending all the same balls and events where Penelope gets her best material.
Although the steamy romance between her older sister Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) and the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page) was the focus of Season 1, Jessie's ...
In the Season 2 finale of "Bridgerton," all it takes is a snarky slip of the tongue for Penelope to reveal herself as Lady Whistledown to Eloise. Eloise confronts her best friend, and despite being proper ladies, things get pretty nasty between the two of them. Arguably, nobody's life is turned upside down more by Penelope's Mrs. Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews) during Season 2 than Eloise, who finds herself at odds with Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel), with her reputation hanging in the balance and her burgeoning romance doomed to failure. Eloise continues her investigation of Lady Whistledown and encounters a world outside the Ton inhabited by like-minded people who believe women are capable of more than the duties bestowed on them as wives and mothers.
Claudia Jessie has revealed that a third actor also plays Lady Whistledown in Bridgerton. Netflix's period drama is set in Regency-era England, ...
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