>>> OKAY.
WHEN MORE THAN 80 MILLION
HOUSEHOLDS TUNE IN TO WATCH A
SHOW, IT'S GOOD.
OKAY?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
"BRIDGERTON."
IT'S GOT A NEW LEADING LADY.
SIMONE ASHLEY.
>> SHE PLAYS KATE SHARMA WHO
TRAVELS FROM INDIA TO LONDON AND
FIND HER SISTER AN ELIGIBLE
SUITOR.
WHEN THE ELDEST BRIDGERTON SON
SETS SIGHTS ON HER, KATE STARTS HAVING FEELINGS OF HER OWN.
HAVING FEELINGS OF HER OWN.
TAKE A LOOK. ♪
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> OH, MY.
>> WE'RE DYING TO KNOW.
>> THAT WAS 20 SECONDS LONG.
WE FELT EVERY SINGLE THING.
>> WE ALREADY KNOW --
>> WOW.
CONGRATULATIONS, FIRST, ON BEING
CAST.
YOU DIDN'T GET CAST IN A VERY
CONVENTIONAL WAY.
YOU GOT CAST ON THIS SHOW VIA
ZOOM, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> PARTLY, YEAH.
IT WAS REALLY FAST.
I GOT A FEW MESSAGES THEY WERE
INTERESTED.
SENT IN A FEW TAPES.
HAD A FEW ZOOMS AND I MET WITH
THE WONDERFUL AND GORGEOUS
JONATHAN BAILEY FOR OUR
CHEMISTRY TEST.
>> WE SAID IN THIS INTRO THAT 18
MILLION PEOPLE TUNED IN TO THE
FIRST SEASON.
AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DYING,
INCLUDING ME.
LIKE I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE
SECOND SEASON COMES OUT.
WERE YOU A FAN OF THE FIRST?
>> I STARTED WATCHING IT WHEN I
WAS AUDITIONING.
SEEING IT EVERYWHERE.
HEARD OF IT.
IT WAS, OF COURSE, REALLY
POPULAR.
SO --
>> AND WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE
THERE ON THAT SET BECAUSE, A,
YOU COULD FEEL THE CHEMISTRY.
SO IN YOUR SCREEN TEST, WAS IT
LIKE THAT WHEN YOU WERE WITH
HIM?
>> YEAH.
>> DID YOU KNOW?
>> I THINK WE BOTH CLICKED
IMMEDIATELY AND JUST SHARED A
REALLY DEEP ENTHUSIASM.
FOR THE LOVE STORY.
KATE AND ANTHONY'S LOVE STORY --
>> ARE YOU ALL GOING TO END UP
TOGETHER?
>> I MEAN, WHO KNOWS.
MAYBE, MAYBE WE WON'T.
>> IT'S A LOVE TRIANGLE.
>> WE LOVE A LOVE TRIANGLE.
WE LIVE FOR LOVE TRIANGLES.
>> DID YOU KNOW THE WHOLE SCRIPT
OR DID THEY HAND YOU LIKE --
>> WE WERE DRIP FED.
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> SO THROUGHOUT FILMING.
PIECE BY PIECE.
YEAH, YEAH.
>> SO YOU'RE ALL DONE SHOOTING?
>> ALL FINISHED, YEAH.
>> SO SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT --
>> THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO ASK
HER IF THEY END UP TOGETHER OR
IF THEY DON'T.
IT'S SO INTERESTING BECAUSE
"BRIDGERTON" STRESSED THIS --
THE ROMANCE IS SO OLD SCHOOL AND
BEAUTIFUL AND A CONTRAST TO THE
WAY WE LIVE TODAY WHICH IS SO
FAST.
HOW ABOUT IN YOUR OWN LIFE?
ARE YOU MORE ATTRACTED TO KIND
OF THAT OLD-SCHOOL WAY OF
DATING?
>> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK LIKE
ROMANCE IS TIMELESS IN THAT
SENSE AND, YEAH, I'M A BIG
ROMANTIC.
>> SO YOU'D LIKE A LOVE NOTE AS
OPPOSED TO A LOVE TEXT?
>> YEAH.
I
I'D APPRECIATE.
>> YOUR OUTFIT IS INSANE.
>> YOU ARE MATCHING THE WALL
BEHIND YOU.
DID YOU DO THAT ON PURPOSE?
>> NO, I DIDN'T KNOW.
THAT'S GREAT.
>> TELL US ABOUT YOUR FASHION
SENSE.
WHO DO YOU LOOK AT AND SAY, WOW,
I LIKE THAT.
OR DO YOU DO YOUR OWN THING?
>> LOOK AT THESE PICTURES.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS ON TUESDAY AT
THE PREMIERE.
>> HOLY MOLY.
COME ON.
WERE YOU ALWAYS THIS
FASHIONABLE?
>> I'VE ALWAYS LOVED DRESSING
UP.
I HAVE TO BE HONEST, TEAMING
WITH MY AMAZING STYLIST REBECCA.
SHE'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> IS YOUR FAMILY FREAKING OUT
THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE ON
"BRIDGERTON"?
>> YEAH.
>> CAN YOU WATCH WITH YOUR
PARENTS OR IS IT AS SEXY AS THE
FIRST SEASON?
>> IT'S QUALITY OVER QUANTITY ON
THE SECOND SEASON.
WE ARE EXPRESSING SEX IN A MORE
PSYCHOLOGICAL KIND OF WAY.
>> WOULD YOU DIE IF YOUR PARENTS
WERE WATCHING IT?
BE REAL.
>> IS THERE ONE SCENE --
>> I HAVEN'T EVEN IMAGINED IT.
>> TRY NOT TO.
>> OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND.
>> THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH.
>> WE CANNOT WAIT.