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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Bridgerton’s Luke Thompson Reveals Why Benedict Can’t Recognize Sophie Behind That Silver Masquerade Mask · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: If you've been watching season four of Bridgerton, there seems
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  Speaker 2: to be one pressing question on the mind to most fans.
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  Speaker 3: Why can't Benedict recognize Sophie is the lady in silver
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  Speaker 3: at the masquarade ball?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that would be the one in a nutshell, Sophie
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  Speaker 2: wears a silver mask at a masquerade ball, and Benedict
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  Speaker 2: is like, who is this mystery woman?
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  Speaker 1: Even though he's desperately searching for Sophie.
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  Speaker 2: So Luke Thompson, who plays Benedict, tells EW fans might
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  Speaker 2: be missing the point a bit. It's not about the
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  Speaker 2: fact that Benedict can't literally see her. It represents his
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  Speaker 2: character's blind spot and a lot of ours.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, poetically, it's when you can't see the difference between
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  Speaker 3: the fantasy and reality of a person you're crushing on,
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  Speaker 3: when you start to fall in love exactly.
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  Speaker 4: All the romance blending with actually partnering with a real
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  Speaker 4: person blemishes an all for the long haul, And.
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  Speaker 2: The showrunner even admits it's a little absurd he can't
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  Speaker 2: recognize her, but they did test a mask that covered
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  Speaker 2: her old face, and she's like, trust that was way
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  Speaker 2: more absurd Bridgerton and streaming on Netflix that's
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