‘Bridgerton’ Sets Francesca and Michaela as Season 5 Couple at Netflix

“Bridgerton” Season 5 will be led by Hannah Dodd’s Francesca and Masali Baduza’s Michaela Stirling, Netflix announced on Tuesday, dear reader.

“I cannot say enough good things about Hannah and Masali. The two of them have such a beautiful friendship and support each other in such a beautiful way,” Bridgerton showrunner Jess Brownell told Tudum. “But, beyond that, I really do think that they are two incredibly talented and special performers. They’re actors who are able to say so much with just an expression, with just their faces.”

“As John’s cousin, Michaela is the only other person who fully understands what Francesca might feel like. That just connects them on another level,” Dodd added, while Baduza teased, “Like magnets, they’re just drawn to each other.”

Production is now underway outside of London following the Season 4 finale, which dropped on Feb. 26.

Francesca is now the fifth Bridgerton sibling to lead a season of the Shondaland show — following Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page), Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley), Colin (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), and Benedict (Luke Thompson) and Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha).

“When you spend so much time with a character, you genuinely do want them to be happy. At the moment, [Francesca] is in such a devastating position. So I am really looking forward to her feeling like she deserves love,” Dodd further shared. “She’s always trying to get things right, and so much has gone wrong for her. I’m really excited for her to experience feeling loved [again] … and feeling enough within herself as well.”

More to come…

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