Bridgerton

[Gingercream]

I don’t have Netflix at the moment (I cancel it when there’s nothing good on!). I was hoping someone would update about Queen Charlotte so I can decide whether to watch it. I’ve seen a few clips on YouTube and it does look quite good.

I think with the real George and Charlotte he didn’t have his first bout of mental illness until 4 years after they married which was temporary then 3 years later he had another bout and so on..so they obviously had the children while he was well! In the Netflix story is he supposed to be Ill as soon as they married?

yes

Spoiler: Spoiler

they had him being treated for it when charlotte had just arrived and after they got married so she spent her honeymoon on her own

 

[Suzesnooze]

yes

Spoiler: Spoiler

they had him being treated for it when charlotte had just arrived and after they got married so she spent her honeymoon on her own

Oh well that’s factually incorrect then! They were married over 30 years before he became really ill and she stopped living with him (hence how they squeezed in 15 kids!). But I suppose it is dramatised!

 

[caremum]

I binged, I loved and I cried. The end scene while I knew I was being played was lovely.

Though Katelyn Stark made me nervous!!

 

[Welshgal]

I‘m halfway done. Not quite sure if I like it tbh.

I‘m also confused by how old everyone is? Charlotte, Agatha and Violet seem to be of similar age in Bridgerton but here there is such a large gap?

 

[Compassionately_judging]

I‘m halfway done. Not quite sure if I like it tbh.

I‘m also confused by how old everyone is? Charlotte, Agatha and Violet seem to be of similar age in Bridgerton but here there is such a large gap?

Violet is 12 and Charlotte is 17 during this. I think Agatha is a little older again?

 

[Suzesnooze]

I watched an interview with the actress who plays Charlotte. Came across unlikeable and quite irritating!

 

[Codiaeum]

I really like the spin-off so far. And the actress playing young Agatha (Arsema Thomas) is great and so beautiful. Would love to see more of her.

 

[Welshgal]

Violet is 12 and Charlotte is 17 during this. I think Agatha is a little older again?

Thanks!

I finished it last night and cried like a baby. Overall I didn't like it as much as I had hoped I would though. The story felt quite rushed and the changes they made from their real story felt unnessecary. Would have been so much nicer to see them have a few "good" years in terms of the Kings health and focus soley on the political / race issues. Then a second season could focus more on the illness and show how they drift apart and how Charlotte becomes her older self because right now I feel like there's quite a huge gap between young and old Charlotte in terms of personality etc.

 

[londongirl2001]

I watched an interview with the actress who plays Charlotte. Came across unlikeable and quite irritating!

I don’t know anything about the actress, but I started watching the show and it literally began with Charlotte being irritating. Like, there wasn’t anything charming about her and I thought, why exactly should I watch this? To be fair though, I’m not too excited about the Bridgerton world right now anyway, so maybe my motivation was low.

 

[SawyerTheSavannah]

I watched an interview with the actress who plays Charlotte. Came across unlikeable and quite irritating!

Do you know what interview this was? Thanks

 

[Suzesnooze]

Do you know what interview this was? Thanks

This one.

 

[SawyerTheSavannah]

This one.

Thank you! Yeah she is irritating!

 

[WhatABore]

I've just finished Queen Charlotte.
My god.
I rarely cry at tv/film.
But currently sitting here in tears

 

[Mouseballpenlid]

I loved it I don't care that it was factually incorrect, I got swept away in the engrossing storylines, and I felt so sad at the dancer alone - no spoiler. They need to hurry up and release the next one.

 

[WhatABore]

I loved it I don't care that it was factually incorrect, I got swept away in the engrossing storylines, and I felt so sad at the dancer alone - no spoiler. They need to hurry up and release the next one.

People are so focused on it being factually incorrect but I don't think anywhere it stated it was a true story ect.

 

[e.l.lofthouse]

I've just finished Queen Charlotte.
My god.
I rarely cry at tv/film.
But currently sitting here in tears

I was the same haha BUT brismley dancing on his own got me too

 

[WhatABore]

I was the same haha BUT brismley dancing on his own got me too

Oh this did too!
I did see most people have presumed Reynolds is dead, but he isn't

 

[e.l.lofthouse]

Oh this did too!
I did see most people have presumed Reynolds is dead, but he isn't

I know. I googled it. I wish they'd shown that.

 

[WhatABore]

I know. I googled it. I wish they'd shown that.

Gutted they cut it out. Although I think I'd have cried more

 

[Mark81]

The thing with being factually accurate, if you're going to do a drama about history and not make it as factually accurate as possible, then what's the point. You may as well just write a fictional piece about a fictional monarch.

There is of course artistic/dramatic licence but that seems to be being excessively stretched these days. And when we are living in a world full of misinformation I don't think it helps as so many people take dramas as reality, probably because at one time these type of dramas were mostly based in historical fact.