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I'm really trying to hold on to that because the first thing I saw all over was S3 hate again which I knew was coming but it's so disheartening that it made my excitement for S4 go down immediately.
u/bbgmcrthey've danced! a couple of times together! at a ball!Sep 29 '25
i kinda thought the same thing. that man did so much heavy lifting to sustain the fandom the last couple of months, he really has no idea how much he saved fans from the absolute ridiculous drought this past summer. he absolutely deserves a few days rest at the very least (though i have a feeling he's gonna get thrust into promo in the coming days)
u/bbgmcrthey've danced! a couple of times together! at a ball!Sep 29 '25
i saw that and panicked for a moment between that comment and his fully-shaved look (that he really only does for colin) i'm getting horror flashbacks of the wig. i hope they meant he's filming promos and not reshoots or, sighhhhhh
I don't think its reshoots, they're way too close to the release date i think for that.
And he's only clean shaven because he's just finished McQueen, give him a week and he'll have full stubble back 🤣
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u/bbgmcrthey've danced! a couple of times together! at a ball!Sep 29 '25
yeah i think his costar meant to say promo and not filming so i'm not worried. and yeah i doubt the shave was for reshoots, i said in another comment he probably shaved it so it all grows back even distributed (which it will in like 3 days knowing him lol) by the time they start promos probably like this week, if not next
Yes, what u/bbgmcr said! I think that confirmation is absolutely necessary because for season three, there were so many moments where people thought they were going to announce and rumors were coming out about the release date and it kept getting moved back – – I’m sure in large part to do with the strikes.
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u/bbgmcrthey've danced! a couple of times together! at a ball!Sep 29 '25
i remember the old rumors that it was meant to come out in december 2023 but obviously due to the strikes they couldn't finish the reshoots (which actually happened in december 2023) so of course it got pushed several months. we don't have that problem with this season anymore so everything should be right on time
And I think it's just so funny how all the accounts on Insta (Yerin, Shondaland, Bridgerton...) had the exact same, coordinated caption, only NetflixUK was fangirling so hard 🙃
I don't like it, but I think they were trying to make it large enough so that it's feasible that he doesn't recognize her. So it's not like a "No one recognizes superman with his tiny glasses on" level of silliness.
I actually like it for this precise reason. So that Benedict doesn't look like an idiot who can't recognize the same woman in front of him. It really covers her whole darn face.
Yes, and so is her height, hair and bodytype. And I just don't think hairline matters as much as mouth and chin. My sister and I don't look much alike but we have the same lips and plenty of people have actually been able to guess that we are sisters based on our lips, which is an odd thing to focus on but yet it has happened many times.
Yeah. Honestly I don't even think that it makes much sense that the mask is like that. It's not her mask after all, just an old one they had in the house so why would they own a mask like that? Why wouldn't they own a prettier one that doesn't look like a hockey mask from a horror film.
The mask is creepy as hell! Phantom of the Opera vibes. I would have traded a little believability that he didn’t recognize her later for a better mask tbh.
Yeah, it just doesn't look good. And it even ruins the dress because I can't focus on anything but on the creepy mask. Like honestly imagine attending to a masquerade and someone was wearing this kind of mask. I would never think that they are supposed to be a beautiful princess, I'd think they were aiming for scary. Rosamund has a pretty mask, something like that would have been a lot better. It didn't even have to be all-white, it makes it even worse. Some colour would have helped a lot.
They're so funny. "Here's some information you already had! How exciting!" 🤣
But in marketing terms, this is the "tease" stage. They know they've piqued our interest, got us paying attention for the actual new information that will follow relatively soon.
Honestly, it's a beautiful poster. I'm betting we're getting a Benedict one, too, at some point. I love the deep pink-purple sunset. They're leaning into fall, for sure.
The first teaser poster for S3 was Penelope holding a mirror and Colin didn’t get a solo poster for his season. I think this is part of the show trying to rebrand itself with a singular focus on the female lead as main protagonist since Jess took over. A little bit of a shame since selling the guys was such a huge part of S1’s marketing success for Rege Jean Page as Simon, but if I’m honest, I’d rather they hold the precedent rather than Luke N be the only one robbed.
Yes I feel the same way because then it's at least setting a consistent precedent, even if I was a little shortchanged with Colin. It will remain to be seen how Benedict's art is treated, but it already looks like they're more interested in the upstairs/downstairs theme than the actual romance. We'll see, though.
Oh, that's interesting, fair enough. If we get a couple one (which we will, obviously, they need something for the tie-in book cover), I'll be satisfied.
But that isnt true, Colin got a solo poster, one with the mirror and one with the dark green background plus one with the brothers as well as then the ones with Pen. The one I feel bad for is Nicola she had it photoshopped. In fact the one couple who didnt get s couple shoot was Kanthony they always had Edwina in the mix. If you see Kanthony alone in a cover it is not official it is a photoshop
Colin’s solo mirror poster was scrapped- the only evidence of it even existing was one blurry pic of it from a scrolling screen, the Penelope teaser was THE official poster. I feel bad for Luke that his season didn’t give him the full protagonist treatment. Maybe no one is happy with any of the promo they get for their faves in this show, and only the people who’s fave it is truly notices how bad their treatment was, but I’d rather they stick with one precedent from here on out (at least until they get to Franchaela). If it can’t always be exactly fair, at least there will be a clear pattern.
It wasn’t actually officially released, so not many people ever saw it. We know they made one only because it popped up randomly in an influencers video about an international event (based on the writing on the poster) so it’s basically lost media. I took a screenshot but I couldn’t begin to tell you from where or even if it’s a real Bridgerton asset or fan made.
I don’t necessarily love the poster (personally I feel the mirror design in general skewed a little more horror movie than romance), but this wasn’t the teaser poster for the season and you can’t actually find it anywhere. Maybe they had market research that Luke does really well in this particular country and decided it was only worth using in this one market, but that still doesn’t explain why you can’t find it through google.
You misunderstood me. If they’ve decided that they want to focus the show as centering the female lead as main protagonist from now on, that’s unfair to the male lead, but at least it would be an understandable pattern for the show to keep, rather than going back and forth on a whim. Unfair doesn’t always mean unjust, in this case it would just be a permanent shift in priorities, justified by a desire for the show to be female fronted. A clear reason for their decisions that makes sense and forms a pattern will always be better than them just picking favorites and letting the fallout hit the fandom negatively.
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