“It feels like the previous seasons have almost been prep, which is kind of weird that they’re then documented and there forever on Netflix. Also, Nicola [Coughlan] and I never knew that we would even get to this [point]. I remember ringing my mum and being like, ‘I've booked this show and it's about these books, and there's eight of them and one of them could be about me, but it's the fourth one in potentially.”
All road signs have pointed to 2024 for Bridgerton star Luke Newton as he ascends to international leading man status for the third season of the gargantuan Netflix drama. Covering our Spring/Summer issue, Newton chats to co-star and Season 2 lead Jonathan Bailey on the blossoming of Colin and Penelope’s love story, the infamous Bridgerton ‘glow-up’, the pair’s surprise childhood connection and whether Newton’s more of a Bond or Superman guy.
Photography by Kosmas Pavlos
Styling by Luke Day
Interview by Jonathan Bailey
Words by Andrew Wright
Editorial Director Charlotte Morton
Editor Andrew Wright
Creative Director Jeffrey Thomson
Art Director Michael Morton
Fashion Director Luke Day
Production Director Ben Crank
Production Assistant Lola Randall
Grooming by Sandra Hahnel using Augustinus Bader, Rodial Beauty, OUAI Haircare, Dyson Hair Pro
Photography Assistant Luke Johnson
Fashion Assistant Zac Sunman
Post-Production Alexandra Heindl Szinyur