Shonda Rhimes está totalmente envolvida com o romance de troca de gênero da 5ª temporada de Bridgerton.
A próxima temporada do drama romântico ambientado na Regência da Netflix vai acompanhar Francesca Bridgerton (Hannah Dodd) e Michaela Stirling (Masali Baduza). Isso representa uma mudança em relação aos livros de Julia Quinn nos quais a série se baseia. Em When He Was Wicked, a viúva Francesca apaixona-se pelo primo de seu falecido marido, Michael Stirling.
Shonda Rhimes está realmente empolgada com a 5ª temporada de Bridgerton
Apesar de algumas críticas à mudança na história de Francesca, Rhimes acredita que o público vai embarcar.
“Os fãs têm sido tão solidários com praticamente todas as direções que seguimos com a história, o que tem sido maravilhoso para mim,” Bridgerton’s executive producer recently told People. “I really thought the reaction to season 4 was extraordinary. I’m just excited for fans to get to see what we do in season 5.”
Embora o universo de Bridgerton tenha apresentado personagens queer no passado (mais notadamente na série prequela Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story), Francesca e Michaela serão o primeiro casal LGBTQ principal da série. E Rhimes não consegue esperar para que as pessoas vejam a história se desenrolar.
“Estou realmente empolgada. Não posso contar pontos da história porque isso seria spoiler, mas estou muito animada e começamos as filmagens e, até agora, tem sido incrível,” ela disse.
O showrunner de Bridgerton diz que a temporada 5 celebra a ‘alegria queer’
Bridgerton showrunner Jess Brownell has said that season 5 “feels groundbreaking.”
“Obviously, there are a lot of great shows that have depicted queer love,” she told Netflix’s Tudum. “We’re not the first by any means. But to make an entire Bridgerton season about a sapphic relationship feels huge.”
In season 4, Francesca dealt with a major tragedy after the sudden death of her husband, John Stirling (Victor Alli). As she confronted her grief over the loss of John and her inability to get pregnant and produce a heir, she leaned on Michaela, one of John’s closest friends. But in the finale, Michaela abruptly fled London. Season 5 picks up as Francesca reenters the marriage mart two years after John’s death. But when Michaela returns to London to address some issues related to the family’s estate, Fran’s complicated feelings have her questioning whether to stick with her plan to remarry or “pursue her inner passions.”
“What is most exciting about season 5 is that it is going to be a season about queer joy,” Brownell said. “It is not going to be a season about queer trauma. There are going to be difficulties for the characters and conflict in the same way there is for every Bridgerton character. But we are still always grounding our love stories in the fact that this series is about joy. It’s about humor.”
Viewer can also expect plenty of yearning, she said.
“It’s big-time yearning,” Brownell teased. “Those of us who know what it’s like to be in a sapphic relationship or have a sapphic crush understand that’s so baked into the experience.”
Julia Quinn deu à relação Francesca-Michaela a sua bênção
Quinn has enthusiastically embraced the changes to her original story, writing in a 2024 Instagram post that she is “deeply committed to the Bridgerton world becoming more diverse.” She acknowledged that some readers might be concerned about the evolution of Francesca’s story. But she asked that they “grant me and the Shondaland team some faith as we move forward.”
“I think we are going to end up with two stories, one on page and one on screen, and they will both be beautiful and moving,” she added.
Bridgerton is streaming on Netflix.