I screenshotted this for a different post but can we talk about the costuming to age our baby brother up please? Between the navy Bridgerton Brother waistcoat and the fact he's got a watch fob now, they're literally letting him grow up this season 🥺 Even Colin was in the brighter younger sibling attire till s3 which means this is a conscious choice to make Gregory seem older.
Do you think they'll recast Hyacinth and Gregory when they get up to seasons 7 and 8? If they don't, won't Will and Florence still be too young to play sexually active adults by then?
If Bridgerton is renewed for all eight seasons, I do think Will and Florence will be replaced. I would have liked to see them play their characters of course, but they will be too young and it will be inappropriate. Even if they turn 18, it will be a huge contrast to the other characters who are played by actors of age 20+ ! So yes I do think they will change.
Ok so I’m glad I’m not the only one upset by Ruby’s recasting, and maybe it’s because I prefer continuity in shows, but even if they’re going with a time jump I don’t want them to recast Florence and Will. They really did Ruby wrong in s1, they took other creative liberties from the books they easily could have given her more of a role.
I want to give Hannah a chance but she doesn’t have the same likeness to Ruby it’s just gonna feel off
Shoutout to the GC esp Zara, Belle and Trivia @jeanvanjer @sophiamariabeckett @hptriviachamp for the great points and discussion on the kiddos! And thanks to Tessa @margoshansons and Lav @sweetestviscount for the final look and approval!
Related to these posts: Frannie Casting Post 1 | Post 2
Okay so hello anon, while I do agree with all the parts about Ruby and Frannie but I do have to set the record straight about Florence and Will!
These children are minors and if production wants to do a time jump for the Book 4 to 6 of it all, I damn well hope they recast Flo and Will because:
1) They do not look the ages (21 for Hy/Flo and 23 for Greg/Will) they are supposed to be in 1824
2) For their seasons, their characters would be fully grown adults (Hy would be 22 and Greg would be 26). While I loved how HP had the kids growing up, they never had explicit scenes to the degree that Bridgerton does. I would not be comfortable seeing them be in sex scenes in their seasons. Mainly because I saw them growing up on the show and associate them to be the babies of the family. So unless it's completely their choice to continue (if they are their characters' ages if we even get to their seasons), I think they should definitely be recasted.
Also it's worth mentioning some people have been weirdos about Flo since the show aired and so honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Will and Flo step away from their seasons.
As the GC says: PROTECT THE CHILDREN AND DON'T BE GROSS ABOUT THEM!
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Now that I've cleared that up, let's talk about the Hannah and Ruby of it all.
So in S1, what I understand is Ruby was doing her movie, A Banquet (which I highly recommend yall to watch this is exactly how I knew she'd kill WHWW's storyline and season) so the production schedules clashed so she couldn't be in it more but then again I imagine they didn't give her a lot of scenes so it was okay she was in two productions at the same time.
What I'm pissed about is they didn't guarantee her a storyline in S2 - yeah okay whatever CVD you wanted to give her a bigger storyline but obviously you didn't act fast enough that she decided to find another job still - and so she took her chances and auditioned for another Netflix lead and SHE GOT IT!! I was SO proud of her like get that coin and role to shine in sis!!
Unless it was Ruby’s choice to leave cos she was getting shit screen time (I mean when they wasted it on a single season character like Cousin Jack and LW’s stupid operations both of whom had zero impact on the season) I don’t blame her for leaving and respect her wishes. But if it’s really Shondaland fucking up and not giving a shit about Ruby, then shame on them for dropping the ball, dropping her and going with the easy option of recasting.
Now for S3 with Frannie’s debut coming up with Benophie’s story, obviously they NEEDED to give Ruby and Frannie more of a real storyline and I being a clown thought ‘Oh wait Lockwood and Bridgerton are both Netflix shows, they can work out a joint production schedule to let Ruby work on both!’
Also if I’m not wrong Lockwood started production shortly after announcing Ruby as the lead so they have a couple of months of shooting ahead of S3, Ruby would have been free by the time S3 started shooting so why didn’t they bring her back??
Two good things I’ll say about Hannah’s casting is that she is gorgeous (so Michael being shook by her when he first sees her and her being a diamond makes sense - it made sense with Ruby too but Hannah looks A LOT like Daphne aka the diamond benchmark of the show - I’ll talk more about their similarity later) and while she does look a tad older than Frannie’s 16 next season, I hope this means she’ll be coupled with the older 5 sibs and not be a baby with G&H anymore! (Also wifey @/sophiamariabeckett does this mean we’ll finally get Fran on mag covers uwu?)
So I mentioned Hannah looking a lot like Daphne and by extension Phoebe and not to mention she’s exactly a month younger than Pheebs. I have a feeling that she had auditioned for Daphne before this recast and she must have stood out in some way for the casting directors to keep her in mind still. So that gives me hope about her acting. I just hope we don’t have another miscast with the Bridgerton siblings - one is enough (no I’m not going to name them but IYKYK)
Other than that, Ruby fit Frannie’s vibe, age and looks better for me than Hannah does so I won’t comment on Hannah after this until I’ve seen her act as Frannie. I don’t have much to say on her right now and I honestly cannot judge until I’ve seen her act. That’s all I have to say about the casting news so only talk to me about Ruby’s Fran or Book Fran until S3 drops then I’ll revisit this.
Thanks everyone for reading til here and for the anon for sending this ask, just be mindful of what we talk about regarding the kiddos!! They are still minors and should be protected!
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