AAFCA Virtual Roundtables: Bridgerton Cast Interview

Join the AAFCA members as they interview #ChrisVanDusen #AdjoaAndoh #PhoebeDynevor and #RegeJeanPage about their new #Netflix series #Bridgerton. Watch the AAFCA Virtual Roundtable: Bridgerton with Chris Van Dusen, Adjoa Andoh, Phoebe Dynevor, and #Rege Jean Page. Bridgerton is now streaming on #Netflix.
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[@denaeggum5484]

The music was really beautiful on the show and really enhances the scenes

[@Burn143]

I agree, and I also like how they incorporated modern songs into it too. It was a nice touch.✨

[@fine_art_wr]

I could listen to Adjoa speak all day! She exudes elegance and I love her natural hair style much more than the wigs on the series! 😍

[@MsBahbii]

She is phenomenal and a treat to watch in the show.

[@danidearmas17]

1

[@MickeyDs14]

Rege and Adjoa’s giggling at 16:37 was so adorable. Everyone else seemed so serious. Lol

[@Orchid_1026]

Everyone is great but Adjoa is so amazing! I loved hearing her speak!

[@zuzastanford2218]

this Interview felt like my zoom meetings from the university😂 it felt uncomfortable... anyway love the Bridgerton ❤

[@MsBahbii]

Very awkward.

[@jl4073]

That’s because the interviewers were not consistent w their questioning - especially the man Gil who introduced the cast 🧐

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

Despite being fictional he's Simon Bassett, known forever more as The Duke of Hastings. Surely interviewers should research beforehand to prevent the most basic of mistakes.

[@_abracadabra]

That one dislike must be from Burbrook.

[@carlyfaiith]

Or from Rege “John” page 😂😂🙄

[@rebeccarugyendo]

Hahahaha

[@scanipoos]

Burbrook was necessary ..read the book

[@virginiawhidbee8393]

And you all need to go outside and touch some grass and stop being obsessed with a TV show that borders on soft porn!

[@awelucheeo8423]

i absolutely love Adjoa on set and off . I love all of them they are brilliant actors and actresses

[@JAWilsonwhitetidelinedesigns]

I cannot get enough of 'Bridgerton' or its cast and crew with filming and set stories. What a magnificent project from every angle! On set and off. The production is flawless - the performances, the cinematography, the sets, the music (!!), the costumes, the lighting and even the weather. Everything as a symbol ... down to the jewels on the night of the last dance, sparkling and looking like so much rain, even before the rain fell. But most of all ... the cast and the direction. So many, many flawless choices, flawless moments. I can't remember a time or a film or series where I was so smitten and absorbed and made utterly curious! 1000 thanks!

[@cynthiacoleman8274]

Yes, you stated my feelings so well. I too am so fascinated with this series!!

[@ericamanu3414]

Google just confirmed my thought that Lady Danbury would have a Ghanaian descent yaayyyyyy !!!. I love love her elegance and voice !!!

[@rosanneperkins9516]

I love this interview. but I am mesmerized by all the books Adjoa has behind her. That’s my kind of room and bookcase..

[@maryskinnernarine1421]

Aside from the lavish costuming, settings, etc. and unique music blending the past with the present I was overly grateful for the blending of the races I've been married since the 70s and it is a mixed marriage- not common in the 1970s or accepted. This movie accepts interracial marriages and friendships as normal. A refreshing outlook for these times. Thank you.

[@missgee7281]

I can literally watch this de whole year. Great masterpiece Chris. Adjoa, ur name alone tells me you are from Ghana too. We all proud of you. Too good on set n even here. Much love from ur country ppl. To all the cast, we say u did exceptionally well especially our couple of de moment phoebe n Rege'. We burn for u.

[@mjg1708]

Fantastic series with fantastic talented actors, after watching it almost for the fifth time, still can’t get enough and my English accent is improving, after all that said , Rege will become larger than life, finally we got a leading male actor that has it all for this era, no doubt he will have a glorious career with so many fans.

[@cynthiacoleman8274]

Yes, I love the show, the most talented actors and WOW, Simon, the Duke ♥️

[@kimberlyruiz824]

These interviewers really put me to sleep. No fun at all. It’d be a party if I got to interview them ❤️ love hearing the cast speak, such intelligence and grace.

[@n2creativity-ccladee640]

As a lover of historic romance and a huge Julia Quinn fan as well as having the Bridgerton books and their related series being as familiar and well known to me as my own family, I eagerly waited this series. I thank everyone for bringing it to Netflix. Hoping all the siblings’ stories get produced and aired.

[@Nazaba09]

Do the other books mention Daphne and Simon or is the first book it?

[@n2creativity-ccladee640]

@@Nazaba09 The series is about the siblings so yes, all are mentioned in all the books. The first however is their story.

[@abbychowdhury2633]

I usually find Rege smiling and joking and I love his energy ! Why is everyone so grim ?

[@skylarsartre2721]

he is in sunny LA sooo😉 really, it’s his personality, he doesn’t seem to be full of himself

[@ibbyv]

arrogance perhaps??

[@MsBahbii]

@@ibbyv No, the interviewers are grim so the people they are interviewing are grim. How could she say Bridgerton was not like Jane Austen? Has she ever read/watched Jane Austen's works? Ugh! So disappointing that this interview came from an African American organization.

[@fantasticoolOA]

The interviewers seem very uninterested, therefore the actors reflect that.

[@scanipoos]

The most amazing series..we all needed during lockdown ..so much diversity it was brilliant and so glad all ethnicities were brought in it made it accessible to all ..

[@cooclidoo]

The male interviewer didnt even know the characters name...he should have done at least a thorough research smh

[@wangeciwambui600]

Lady Danbury... thank you ❤️

[@Hello_Pri]

Great interview. LOVE the show. I’m watching it for a second time.

[@monicamalady1517]

My three favorites!! Absolutely phenomenal series...Great video!

[@karin7.london]

Proper panel discussion unravelled gently by Gil & Jazz. The creator and cast reveal their understanding within wisteria frame.

[@valeriamahlangu372]

Love, love this, great ending to the terrible 2020, been binge watching it since it started! Great acting!

[@cynthiacoleman8274]

Me too!!

[@adetolaajayi6217]

can we talk about how the interviewer called Regé 'Simon'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@patriciahamilton1188]

Magnifique.... quel belle histoire, captivant,sensualité, Avec des acteurs tellement talentueux,Please please à season 2 Bridgerton.

[@BlueFandom__W_SJ]

Nice interview! I love the Bridgerton series, love the casts! I can't wait for season 2. Currently reading the books while waiting for the next season ^^

[@abradley8008]

this trailer is everything! 💥

[@bellaventimiglia35]

Bad interview & really bad interviewers! However, I enjoyed hearing what the actors & writer/EP had to say...

[@rosanneperkins9516]

I love her description of my girl Friday Cary Grant and Kathryn Hepburn so true...

[@TheFever77]

Am I the only one who found Gil Robertson the male interviewer really off putting? He’s kinda haughty the way he talks and carries himself.

[@glr8559]

Perfectly said and definitely created escapism in season 1 & 2! hope you do a round table with season 2 cast as well :D

[@angiedao6140]

I would love to see them in a different story

[@livinelay]

This was the stiffest, most impersonal set of interviewers ever.

[@c0ronariu5]

Agreed. They didn’t even decide who was gonna ask each question 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@livinelay]

@@c0ronariu5 it sucks even more because they just decided they are going to run down a list of questions, not paying attention to any answers, not following up on anything said to make the interview flow better, and the stale school-principal style intro to the whole thing was comedy.

[@juliesensuelle4482]

The worst interview I have seen in a long time

[@charmainepatterson8406]

I agree. These people are so relax and fun elsewhere

[@oioloxo7282]

Does anybody here know what the initial music was

[@n2creativity-ccladee640]

So sad that Rege sees Simon as “wounded”. He is a survivor. I stutter and now in my sixth decade as such I assure you I may have been hurt and ostracized but I am not “wounded”. I too stopped talking but now do public speaking and always seek the share a compliment with a stranger whenever I am out. Simon is a survivor as am I and so are all who overcome not the handicapable event of a speech impediment but rather overcome the smallness of society in thinking we all need to be alike.

[@moicemoice5588]

He meant that Simon was wounded by the trauma of being unwanted by his father. His mother was dead at the time of his birth and so for the most time, he lived his life alone. In this context, his stutter was the least of his challenges.

[@angelashock9837]

Not wounded because of his stuttering, but wounded by the indifference and almost hatred from his father.

[@dawnbosek1807]

He didn't mean wounded because he stuttered. He was disowned by his only parent, who said he wasn't good enough to be his son. His father called him an idiot right to his face when he was just four years old. When you seen him as a child, he was always by himself, with some teacher standing over him. Had it not been for Lady D. he probably would not have been shown any love, and compassion at all. It's hard to love anyone, or be loved by anyone if you weren't really shown love in your life. It's hard to connect with others, when you never really had that connection to begin with. That's what he meant by being wounded.

[@Sarina-hi2op]

These zoom interviews are very dull

[@ogochukwuaka3213]

You can tell Regé fancies Phoebe

[@graceelvis1]

por favor subtitulos en español....

[@suzantaibu273]

Nice music

[@tink786Msp]

this interview felt uncomfortable in the sense that there was just questions and questions as if being read off a script, no friendly segues or jovial conversation at all

[@abradley8008]

all the other interviews their much more playful, when it's just the two main characters it's a much more natural

[@ineszadik2019]

Please tell the true about coronavirus over there un uk. how is going on in from Argentina i think all is not true.

[@virginiatelles5586]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@wubbsie1]

These two are terrible interviewers for a social media platform. Too stiff. But I love the movie and cast.

[@0023leen]

8:00 Daphne

[@barbarablackmon6284]

These interviewers are so stiff.

[@JustMeThinkingAloud]

I like the series for the most part so far, but with the exception of the Lady Danbury role, it would have been better if some of the women of color that don't appear racially ambiguous would have had speaking roles.

[@MsBahbii]

Wow. Lady Danbury is my favorite character. She brought elegance and vibrancy to the show and the courtship of Simon and Daphne. Love her.

[@sandraswift1827]

@@MsBahbii agreed...what an excellent actressss

[@mireiafarreras9542]

Notice the way everyone smiles right after Regé smiles 9:17

[@sherryillk]

What do you mean Lady Danbury doesn't have children?! Her daughter's son marries one of the Bridgerton girls!!

[@earlonaweary9155]

Ohhh! Is it Hyacinth?

[@tarwen862003]

If I recall, it was her grandson who marries a Bridgerton girl. But you're right; Lady Danbury has 2 daughters, at least; one marries a marquis and the other to a baron.

[@sherryillk]

@@tarwen862003 I recently reread It's In His Kiss so I know for sure Lady Danbury has at least one son while Gareth is her grandson from her youngest daughter.

[@tarwen862003]

@@sherryillk It's In His Kiss is my 2nd fav of the Bridgerton series (with Duke and I being the 1st) so that's why I remember from reading so many times. I would assume Gareth's mom is younger one, since How to Marry A Marquis was published way before It's In His Kiss.

[@sherryillk]

@@tarwen862003 I think you might be the first person I've met who doesn't put Romancing Mr. Bridgerton as their first or second favorite.

[@reneeharper8447]

Didn't like this interview. I'm gonna say this movie was about to me , I'm African American I enjoyed it. I t was refreshing to see Blacks in high positions .

[@castercreed]

Worst interview everrrrr

[@sandrahorizon9342]

Here is a suggestion to Rege... And l hope you get to read this. Please Google and also find KZbin clips on 'Engin Akyurek'. I hope and believe you will learn a thing or two about acting from him you can use going forward. Learn about him and from him.

[@angelashock9837]

I think he did a wonderful job!

[@sandrahorizon9342]

@@angelashock9837 Yes. He is s marvellous.

[@majesticclosets5576]

He did an amazing job, and is an incredible actor. Watch him in Roots, and then delete your comment.

[@sandrahorizon9342]

@@majesticclosets5576 Will think about it.

[@virginiawhidbee8393]

@@sandrahorizon9342 Don't believe these stans. You're comment was correct. He's a mediocre actor. They are caping for him because he is good looking. They are delusional. And blinded by the soft porn scenes they saw on Bridgerton. The show was trash!, They don't care about his acting,. His role in Roots was a fluke. His work has been downhill ever since. He now has not worked in 2 years since his "big come up"!. He's 2021 moment. No other roles on the horizon. This was suppose to be his big break, more like a fizzle after Bridgerton. His role in the Gray Man was considered the worst performance by many credible critics. He's suppose to have a Tv series and another movie "pre-production". HW knows that if any projects are in "pre=production", that does not mean work. He's almost 35 years old and his resume is very short and is not being hired. He's now an unemployed pretty boy making living as s=a spokesmodel for cologne and automoblie ads. I'll give him 2024 or 2025 until he's forgotten and back to obscurity.

[@rutgerdejong1700]

Too bad it has almost none lgbt representation! I hope they fix that next season because they say that they wanted to create a show where everyone can relate themselves to. Well for a gay man like me that was not the case this season. The lgbt representation was extremely not present. It was sooo straight and the gay content that was in it was only 3 minor scenes that dont last 3 minutes together. :( I hope they will explore it more with Benedict next season. Because if they want this world to reflect modern day society and cast people of color in high society roles, they can also implement a proper gay romance storyline.

[@zuzu5683]

Let's just give them some time ? You can't put everything in just one season. The first season is about Daphne as the first book of the series. And you can already seen the LGBT aspect with Benedict and Eloise. The girls in the first season knew nothing about sex and sexuality, Benedict was introduced and shocked to see 2 man having sex. So it would be a rush to put lgbt content just for the sakes of lgbt contents. It's a journey.

[@rutgerdejong1700]

@@zuzu5683 thats completely fair AND true. You shouldn't rush these kind of storylines. But I do hope they will explore a storyline like that more in the next season and not drop it completely now that they've put Benedict in the modistes bed. It would be a real shame if they dropped it.

[@Nazaba09]

You have plenty of representation elsewhere. Try being a disabled person.

[@virginiawhidbee8393]

The only one I like here is Adjoa. The rest are boring