The 2021 Emmy nominations were just announced today and though fans are celebrating Regé-Jean
Page’s nom for Lead Actor in a Drama Series, they’re also pretty furious that his co-star
Phoebe Dynevor was snubbed from the shortlist — Let’s get into it.
Netflix hit Regency period drama Bridgerton just landed a whopping 12 nominations for
this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, but unfortunately only one of the series’ leading stars made
the cut...
Regé-Jean Page who plays — or rather played — Duke of Hastings Simon Basset is one of
the six lead male actors competing in the Drama category, though he won’t be coming
back for season 2.
Back in April, Netflix confirmed what fans of the original Julia Quinn novels, in which
the series is based, already suspected as the storyline of Regé-Jean’s character
comes to an end in the first book and thus also in its first season.
Regé-Jean went on to bid farewell to the show with a heartfelt Instagram post that
read, “The ride of a lifetime.
It’s been an absolute pleasure and a privilege to be your Duke.
Joining this family - not just on screen, but off screen too.
Our incredibly creative and generous cast, crew, outstanding fans - it’s all been beyond
anything I could have imagined.
The love is real and will just keep growing."
But don’t feel too bad for Regé-Jean as he made the best of his time on the series
becoming an overnight breakout star -- and now a household name -- and he even went on
to host Saturday Night Live in February of this year.
His film career also just kicked into high gear as he will be starring in the upcoming
Russo Brother’s Netflix movie titled The Gray Man with a star-studded cast that features
Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas just to name a few.
And Regé-Jean will also have a leading role in the film Dungeons & Dragons alongside Chris
Pine and Michelle Rodriguez that’s slated for a 2023 release.
But circling back to the Emmy nominations, though Bridgerton fans were ecstatic to see
Regé-Jean be recognized for his talent and hard work on the series, it was a bittersweet
celebration as Phoebe Dynevor — who portrayed his love interest Daphne Bridgerton — wasn’t
named during the announcement.
Fans took to Twitter to vent over what they deemed as a snub like this user who wrote,
“Bridgerton gets unnecessary emmy noms but they can’t even give one to phoebe dynevor
who was arguably the best actor on that show”
And this other person tweeted, “me after getting regé jean’s nomination instead
of phoebe dynevor #Emmys”
However this last person was a bit more optimistic about the whole situation writing:
“I'm disappointed that #PhoebeDynevor wasn't nominated for her outstanding work in #Bridgerton
but I'm sure her time to dominate award nominations is near.”
Though that might be true, it would’ve been great to see both co-stars compete in this
year’s Emmys especially given that both actors took the show to the next level.
It’s worth noting that the series itself was also nominated for Outstanding Drama Series
as well as for many of the technical categories like casting, cinematography and costume design.
And it seems there were absolutely NO hard feelings when it came to Phoebe’s snub,
as she took to her Instagram stories to congratulate her Bridgerton crew on the 12 nominations,
writing, “Team!
Congrats to every single member of the cast and crew for all of your hard work on #Bridgerton!”
Bridgerton’s second season is currently shooting in the UK, and Netflix has already
confirmed that there will also be a third and fourth season.
The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards will air live Sunday, September 19, on CBS and Paramount+,
and be sure to come back the morning after so we can fill you in on everything that went
down on the show...
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