Turns out the idea to change Francesca’s love interest from Michael to Michaela has actually been a discussion in the Bridgerton writers’ room since the first season.
“The reveal of Michaela versus Michael — from the books — is something that I’ve been pitching from season 1 of the show,” showrunner Jess Brownell told Teen Vogue earlier this month. “My approach to telling a queer story on Bridgerton has been to look to the books for thematic cues. I didn’t want to just insert a queer character for queer character’s sake.”
Brownell noted that the show started dropping hints two seasons later, adding, “My hope is that watching this season, people see how we’re telling a piece of that story, even starting in episode 1 of season 3 with Francesca, in terms of all of the debutantes having always imagined what they wanted their husbands to be like. Francesca realizes, ‘I’ve never thought about that, actually. Why is that?’ It was a thread we were playing with.”
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