With the debut season of "Bridgerton," creator and showrunner Chris Van Dusen had to live up to the expectations of loyal readers of the Julia Quinn novels on which the drama is based. With the Netflix sensation's second season, that remains true — only now with the added expectations of some 82 million households.
"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't overwhelming, but in the best way possible," Van Dusen says. "I hope the world responds to it and embraces it as much as they did in the first season. I say, 'Bring on the pressure!' I think the pressure worked in Season 1. It was only natural that certain expectations got placed on this show after the incredible success of the first season. That raised our profile."
Following a triumphant debut that had fans obsessing over the love story between socialite Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and the brooding Duke of Hastings, aka Simon Basset (Rege-Jean Page), the Regency-era romance is back to make viewers swoon again, this time with a new couple — well, trio — at its center.
