ICYMI, season 3 of Bridgerton ended with Bailey’s Anthony Bridgerton and his wife Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) getting ready to head off to India before the birth of their baby. To coincide with the season 3 finale, showrunner Jess Brownell previously told Teen Vogue that both Anthony and Kate, affectionately known as Kanthony, would be returning for season 4.
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“The strength of sending them off to India for a little while is that it does leave the door open for them to come back, schedules allowing,” Brownell said. “I think, understandably, when any of our lead actors have given over their lives for their season, in future seasons, we want to be supportive of the fact that they do have other projects coming in, and to ask actors to come back just to be in the background is not really fair to them. We love Jonny and Simone, and we’ll have them back as much as we are able to.”
On July 23, 2024, Netflix confirmed season 4 of Bridgerton would focus on Benedict’s story, hence adapting Julia Quinn’s third book, An Offer From a Gentleman, which was skipped for season 3 to centre on Penelope and Colin’s story, which adapts Quinn’s fourth book, Romancing Mister Bridgerton, instead.
On August 16, 2024, Variety reported that Yerin Ha had been cast as Benedict’s love interest, Sophie Beckett. Previously, the streamer had teased the logline for the season, writing: “Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict is loath to settle down — until he meets a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball.”
This article originally appeared on Teen Vogue.