What will happen to Francesca in the next episodes of ‘Bridgerton’? Her character was one of those who underwent changes in her story and this is how Netflix justified her decision.
Hannah Dodd joined the third season of Bridgerton to play an older version of Francesca, whom we had already seen in previous seasons but smaller. Being one of the most important characters parallel to the story of Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin (Luke Newton), A lot of things happened in Sister Bridgerton’s life in just eight episodes.
From becoming one of the debutantes of the season opposite Queen Charlotte and meeting a strong romantic prospect, Francesca married John Stirling (Victor Alli) in the blink of an eye, a person with whom she clicked so snapshot. However, In the second part of the season there was a change that not many enjoyedas it meant that the romantic story of the newlywed would not follow the course of the books literally.
Michaela was introduced as a new character in the series and made viewers notice that Francesca’s future romance had changed sex, unlike how described in Julia Quinn’s novel. This impressed the fans and also made them a little angry, as they assured that everything happened very quickly and that they did not develop their story in depth, although we still need to know if she will be the protagonist of the fourth season or if it will be Benedict (Luke Thompson). .
This was a decision that the showrunner, Jess Brownell, confessed was to introduce a queer character to the series and show that they can also have happy endings, despite the tragedy that is coming. “I want to be clear that we are not trying to downplay the relationship you have with John. “She has a relationship with him based on camaraderie, friendship, respect and common interests, and it is a very valid form of love,” he commented.
However, they want to explore whether passion is important to Francesca or not. “We plan to stick to Francesca’s book, with the exception of the gender change, but some elements of the novel will need to be changed. “People can expect things to happen the same way,” said the creator. Do you think they can really continue with the same direction and details captured on paper?
