Dearest members of the ton, we (finally) have just one week to go until the release of Bridgerton season three part two on Netflix on 13th June, and ahead of the release of the second part, Nicola Coughlan, aka Penelope Featherington aka Lady Whistledown herself, has just responded to a major fan theory.
As we all know season three has been dedicated to Penelope and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton)’s love story, but as eager fans we are also keen to find out which of the Bridgerton siblings the next season will focus on. Many fans are theorising season four could potentially be Benedict’s season.
And if Benedict’s season will loosely follow the books by Julia Quinn, as all previous seasons have, then he will marry a woman named Sophie.
Eagle-eyed fans believed they caught a hint at confirmation Sophie would be featuring in the upcoming season after Nicola shared a behind the scenes picture on her Instagram.
In a carousel of images, shared a few days ago, which featured a number of behind the scenes shots from filming season three, in the final image, Nicola shares a picture of Luke Newton, who behind him has a post-it note that reads “Sophie”. Naturally the fandom went into meltdown believing this to be confirmation Benedict’s future wife would be featuring.
However, Nicola was quick to shut down speculation about this mysterious Sophie, after one of her followers commented “SOPHIE?!? 👀” , to which Nicola responded to clarify it was a post-it note for a makeup artist called Sophie.
“Lolll no that’s @sophie.burton.33’s makeup station!!,” she responded.
Ok, so Nicola may not be giving anything away about a potential appearance from Sophie, but that hasn’t stopped fans theorising Sophie will be appearing in *some* capacity in season three.
Following the release of the trailer for part two a few days ago (4th June) some fans believed they spotted Sophie in the trailer.
Around the 1:37 mark you can see Benedict staring at a woman whose face isn’t shown, leading many to suspect it could Sophie. However, in the next frame he’s looking at Lady Tilley Arnold holding onto the arm of another man, so it’s unfortunately more likely the previous frame was also of Lady Tilley.
However, we’re still crossing our fingers for a Sophie cameo in season three.
Bridgerton season three part one is available on Netflix now, part two arrives on 13th June
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