After telling us the origins of Queen Charlotte with Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Netflix is ready to go back in time with a new story set in the universe of Bridgerton. This time, it’s about Violet Bridgerton, the family matriarch played by Ruth Gemmell in the main series, including her love story with Edmund. The project, officially announced by Netflix and Shondaland, will be an as-yet-untitled limited series and will follow in the path of Queen Charlotte: a prequel capable of delving into the past of a character the audience has come to love, showing how she became the person we know.
Shonda Rhimes and Nicholas Nardini will return as writers and executive producers, while Tom Verica will direct. For the moment, however, neither the cast nor a release date has been announced, but some rumors are beginning to circulate… While we wait to find out who will play Violet and Edmund, there is already a clue that has caught fans’ attention. Arsema Thomas, the actress who played young Lady Danbury in Queen Charlotte, shared the post announcing the new series in her Stories, accompanying it with a phrase that sounds like a promise: “Ready to get back in the saddle”.
A choice of words that seems to hint at a possible return to the set, although, at least for now, there is no official confirmation of her participation. Of course, a social media clue is not the same as a casting announcement. And yet it wouldn’t be all that surprising: Queen Charlotte had already explored the relationship between the young Violet Ledger and Agatha Danbury, laying the groundwork for a story that could continue in the new prequel.
If the series follows Violet during the period when she meets Edmund and approaches adulthood, bringing back a young Lady Danbury would make sense from a narrative point of view as well. The real question at this point is how much of the cast of Queen Charlotte Netflix will decide to bring back. Will we also see India Amarteifio and Corey Mylchreest again as young Queen Charlotte and King George?
And what will become of Brimsley and Reynolds, whose love story won over the audience? The possibility of seeing them again is tempting, but the timeline also needs to be considered. The new series should focus on the story between Violet and Edmund, so it is not certain that all the characters from Queen Charlotte can have a natural role in the story.
Any appearances, flashbacks, or connections between the two stories remain, for now, only theories. If there’s one thing the Bridgerton fandom knows how to do very well, it’s imagining the perfect casting even before Netflix starts revealing the official names. And this time, too, the requests were quick to arrive.
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