{"id":2317471,"date":"2026-03-07T19:44:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2317471"},"modified":"2026-03-07T19:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:44:46","slug":"stars-talk-next-steps-for-bridgertons-benedict-and-sophie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stars-talk-next-steps-for-bridgertons-benedict-and-sophie\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars talk next steps for ‘Bridgerton’s’ Benedict and Sophie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The first half of this season\u2019s \u201cBridgerton\u201d may have unfolded like a fairy tale. But, says star Luke Thompson, viewers are going to see plenty of changes in the second half.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Benedict, the character he plays, will shift from someone who doesn\u2019t \u201cgive too much of himself away\u201d to a man who is more than conflicted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When the heat is turned up, \u201cthe cracks start to show,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Already, we know he found someone at a masked ball who seemed like a possible match. But after a search for the mysterious woman, he regroups and helps a maid who has been thrown out of her family home. That maid\u00a0\u2014 played by Yerin Ha\u00a0\u2014 just so happens to be the woman he pursued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat\u2019s lovely about Benedict and Sophie is that from the first time they meet it\u2019s all about what you share and what you hide,\u201d Thompson says. \u201cThere\u2019s this constant game between them that never really ends.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Romance is in the air for Benedict (Luke Thompson), left, and Sophie (Yerin Ha) in Season 4 of “Bridgerton.”<\/p>\n

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Thompson says fans of the Netflix series approach him \u201cwith a little light in their eyes. What they\u2019re seeing, when they see you, is the show. And it\u2019s just wonderful to be a part of something that has that effect on people. It\u2019s the best part of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While he was part of the series when it began, Thompson never felt he was marking time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve been given stuff to do for three seasons, so it didn\u2019t feel like I was sort of waiting for my turn,” he says. “\u2018Bridgerton\u2019 works because it regenerates and allows each couple to do be different. I can\u2019t do a Jonathan Bailey or a Rege-Jean Page impression or a Luke Newton impression. I can only be me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ha, who doesn\u2019t have Thompson\u2019s tenure on \u201cBridgerton,\u201d says she relied on Julia Quinn\u2019s novels to understand Sophie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI treated that like my Bible,\u201d she says. \u201cOnce the scripts came in, it was very much about just being present.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A veteran of science-fiction films (including \u201cDune: Prophecy\u201d and \u201cHalo\u201d), Ha says genre doesn\u2019t change the acting goals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s always about playing the truth of the character and the truth of the scene,” Ha says. “I don\u2019t think of them as different things. I think of it all as very similar.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Sophie\/Benedict storyline is like a love triangle, Thompson says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI love the fact that they meet at this ball and then they meet again but he doesn\u2019t realize it\u2019s the same person \u2026 and he sort of ends up in a love triangle,” he says. \u201cThere\u2019s real complexity in how they handle the truth and who they are, but also how they hide.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ha agrees: \u201cI really love how much a person can change you for the better and bring out the sides that you don\u2019t realize you have or are lying dormant inside you. I find that really romantic when someone shifts your perspective in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thompson says commitment can be a loss of freedom or the deepest form of freedom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe longer it lasts, the more it becomes a bit of a case, really. Making that commitment is a real form of freedom,” he says. “In order to experience that, Benedict has to go through that tunnel of experiencing the death of someone close to him and that instigates this thing in him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reggie Dinkins is really beside the point. The real reason to watch \u201cThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins\u201d is the interplay among the people around him.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBridgerton\u201d streams on Netflix.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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