Gather around fair ton. Mayfair's social season returns withSeason 4 of "Bridgerton,"and all eyes are on who will be this year's most eligible. Rumor has it that Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson), the marriage-evading and free-spirited second child of the Bridgerton family, has finally found his match.
Based onJulia Quinn's novels, every season of "Bridgerton" spotlights one of the eight Bridgerton siblings, and this time the attention is on Benedict, who hates the idea of having to settle down "despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married." But that is until he meets a captivatingLady in Silverat his mother's masquerade ball, Season 4's logline reads.
"The storyline is a bit of a twist on Cinderella,"Thompson teased to Netflix's Tudum. "You remember being told those stories as a child — the magic and the romance of them. It's really exciting to have that weaved into the world that we know of Bridgerton … It's such a great story, but it's also, I hope, really relatable."
Thompsonpreviously told USA TODAYthat "Benedict for the last three seasons has been a very free character, but also slightly lost sometimes."
"There's a sense of not being quite sure where he sits," Thompson said. "You have to accept that there comes a point where you have to make a choice and commit."
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Showrunner Jess Brownell, meanwhile, said the show will follow a "very different trajectory," according to Tudum, a Netflix platform.
"Benedict lives in a fantasy world. Sophie lives in a hard reality," Brownell said. "You have two characters who are at opposite ends of a pole, and rather than either of them needing to get all the way to the other side, they both need to travel to the middle."
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When does 'Bridgerton' Season 4 come out?
Season 4 of "Bridgerton" will premiere on Netflix in two parts. Part 1 releases on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 3 a.m. ET / 12 a.m. PT, while Part 2 will drop on Feb. 26.
Like previous seasons, this season will also have eight episodes in total. Seasons 1 to 3 of "Bridgerton" are also available on the streaming platform.
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'Bridgerton' Season 4 cast
Faces old and new are slated to make an appearance this season, including:
Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton
Yerin Ha as Sophie Baek
Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton
Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton
Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Bridgerton née Featherington / Lady Whistledown
Ruth Gemmell as Violet Bridgerton
Florence Hunt as Hyacinth Bridgerton
Will Tilston as Gregory Bridgerton
Hannah Dodd as Francesca Stirling née Bridgerton
Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte
Hugh Sachs as Brimsley
Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury
Julie Andrews as Lady Whistledown
Victor Alli as Lord John Stirling
Daniel Francis as Lord Marcus Anderson
Polly Walker as Portia Featherington
Lorraine Ashbourne as Mrs. Varley
Martins Imhangbe as Will Mondrich
Emma Naomi as Alice Mondrich
Masali Baduza as Michaela Stirling
Isabella Wei as Posy Li
Michelle Mao as Rosamund Li
Katie Leung as Lady Araminta Gun
Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton
Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma
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