'Bridgerton' Star Jonathan Bailey Opens Up About His Sexuality and Why Season 2 Is 'Quite Scary'
etonline.comJonathan Bailey has mixed feelings about the upcoming release of 's sophomore season. In a new GQ HYPE interview, the 33-year-old actor admits that «the idea that [] is coming out again is a bit of a rug pull,» noting that the whole thing is «quite scary.»The nerves come from the success of the Netflix series' first season, which saw Bailey star as Lord Anthony Bridgerton.
The show catapulted Bailey into fame basically overnight, turning him into a sex symbol, though that's a title he'd like to avoid.«Any actor who thinks they're a sex symbol?
Cringe,» he says.The star-making turn came when Anthony was in a supporting role, as the brother to Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) amid her love story with Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page).
This time around, though, it's Bailey's character whose love story will play out.In an interview with , Simone Ashley, who plays Kate Sharma, Bailey's onscreen love interest in season 2, teases what fans can expect from their «very enemies-to-lovers story.»«They have a lot of friction at the beginning because they resonate with whatever traits that annoy each other within themselves, and then that breeds chemistry,» Ashley tells the outlet. «They’re both used to people walking away and being isolated, being left alone, being left with a lot of pressures and responsibilities, being slightly misunderstood.»She adds, «I think they met each other and it was like, 'It takes one to know one.
