The potential for a second season of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the Bridgerton spinoff, was addressed directly by the show’s creator Shonda Rhimes (Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19), Comicbook.com reports. Rhimes stated in an interview with Variety that she is open to the idea of exploring once again the love story between the characters of Queen Charlotte and King George, but it won’t happen anytime soon. As of right now, there is still enough content to keep Bridgerton fans busy, as season three part one is approaching on Netflix in 15 days, on May 16.
“I feel like I’m having a conversation with Netflix! They ask me this question all the time! I’m trying to figure it out still,” Rhimes explained, via Comicbook.com. “I don’t want to tell a story that doesn’t need to be told — do you know what I mean? I don’t want to make a second season of Queen Charlotte, and you’re going to be, like, ‘Well, that was not that great.'”
According to Comicbook.com, Entertainment Weekly asked Rhimes about a revisit to the fan-favorite couple, and she was very coy about it.
“There have been questions, but I’m not having conversations about it yet,” Rhimes teased, via Comicbook.com. “I could live with Charlotte and George forever, but we told a very specific, closed-ended story that I think is a complete tale of this complicated, imperfect love. But I’m not ruling anything out because I never know.”
“You know I’m really excited to tell these stories in two timelines,” Rhimes spoke to fans during a trailer event before Queen Charlotte premiered, via Comicbook.com. “It makes it more special. You can see how the stories from the past influence the future. One of the reasons for why I wanted to delve into the past of these women. A lot of romance stories don’t delve into the lives of woman of a certain age. So, I think that will be a treat for viewers.”
The Bridgerton spinoff was something that people were expecting to be as good as the original show. Since it now has its own fanbase, it seems to have reached those expectations. On an interview with the TODAY show, Arséma Thomas explained how honored she was to portray the younger version of the character that Adjoa Andoh (Fractured, The Red King, Invictus) played in Bridgerton, which was Queen Charlotte as an adult.
“To be able to play this character, who essentially voluntarily wants to be alone, turns down men, turns down the ‘stability and security’ that a relationship would give during that time and says, ‘I would rather be alone and take that risk,’ is something so liberating and hopefully encouraging to people,” the actress shared, via Comicbook.com. “…that they’re able to do that, as well know that they can stand on their own.”
“Finally being able to reclaim power in the room, in those situations, where white people are stripping me of my value and worth and thinking less of me, is almost … it feels like emotional reparations. I get to take my power back from the times when it was lost,” Thomas continued, via Comicbook.com,
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is now available for streaming on Netflix.