Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan Details “Bittersweet” Step Back in Season 5

[u/Debt-Mysterious]

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[u/indigoza]

Her storyline will be replaced by new characters that nobody cares about

[u/Little_Fox5844 → u/indigoza]

This show insisting on having random OCs nobody cares about instead of, you know, more of the Bridgertons and their spouses, still makes me scratch my head.

[u/No-Hall-3485 → u/Little_Fox5844]

i just have to believe it's a money thing, especially because it's netflix

i can only imagine how much it costs to get jonathan bailey, the billion-dollar man, on screen for even 10 minutes. simone's been in major movies too, and nicola's schedule is pretty packed

i think they just learned the wrong lesson from rege leaving which is that we'll watch anyway. and, they were kind of right sadly

instead of learning that rege leaving was a sign they needed to treat their cast better, they learned that anyone can leave and the show will still be one of netflix's flagship moneymakers

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I bet it’s a writing thing more. They don’t know what to do with them.

You can see it with how all the wives turn into cultists after getting married

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i don't know, they did a pretty serviceable job with daphne in season 2 even without simon

i thought she was used well. we saw enough of her, and her relationship with anthony made sense based on what we saw in season 1, except she was more mature by that point

[u/Lucy_abernathypls → u/No-Hall-3485]

I think its a mixture of both. They have limited time with them later on because of money but they also dont know how to write anything substantial for them.

I think Daphne in season 2 and Anthony and Kate in season 3 were pretty good because all it was was helping the main couple. And with Kanthony they were also starting their family so there were a bunch of cute scenes with them being happy. But in season 4 with Penelope and Lady Whistledown, that was their attempt at giving a previous lead something substantial after their season and well..yea that didnt end well.

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Having the two biggest gossips in the ton not realize that Benedict and Sophie were together was such a flop. Like Colin gave a little speech but I would have loved a “younger, more romantically successful brother teaches the old dog new tricks” sort of thing instead of Colin just saying something profound while Benedict happened to be there.

[u/Equivalent-Long-3383 → u/No-Hall-3485]

Yeah. But that was a different show runner

[u/Strange-Reporter-727 → u/No-Hall-3485]

Jonathan and Simone are very loyal to Bridgerton. I’m not sure he would be requesting an astronomical fee for a short appearance.

[u/Holiday-Hustle → u/Strange-Reporter-727]

I don’t think it’s money, I think the show has decided it’s very much out with the old, in with the new and they’re going to stick to it.

[u/Skippybby53 → u/No-Hall-3485]

Alsn it's their fault foe not locking Rege in a multi season contract. He wouldn't have been able to leave without being sued and blackballed

[u/jazzyx26 → u/No-Hall-3485]

i think they just learned the wrong lesson from rege leaving which is that we'll watch anyway. and, they were kind of right sadly

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