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Everything You Need To Know About Bridgerton’s 2nd Season And New Star · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood Seacrest. First season of Netflix's record breaking
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Speaker 1: a period drama Bridgetain made near instant stars out of
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Speaker 1: its largely unknown cast, and we just found the next
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Speaker 1: actor who, in all likelihood could enjoy the same fate
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Speaker 1: one season two arrives. Simon Ashley has just signed on
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Speaker 1: to play the lead role in season two, playing Kate Sharma.
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Speaker 1: It's important to remember this show is based on a
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Speaker 1: series of books by Julia Quinn. Each season is expected
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Speaker 1: to be based on one book in particular, with season
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Speaker 1: two using The Viscounts Who Loved Me as its source material.
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Speaker 1: In that book, Kate and a romance with Anthony Bridgerton
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Speaker 1: is the heart of the story, so Simon will quickly
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Speaker 1: become a very famous space. She previously had roles on
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Speaker 1: Netflix's Sex Education and I TV s because of the Night,
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Speaker 1: but this by far her highest profile job of her
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