Though Bridgerton season 4 is going to focus on Benedict's love story, there will still be plenty of Anthony sprinkled in, as Jonathan Bailey himself has now confirmed.
During an appearance on Good Morning America on August 16, 2024, Bailey — who’s gearing up for the release of the first Wicked movie, Jurassic Park, and season 3 of Heartstopper — took the chance to talk about the future of his character on Bridgerton season 4, confirming he will very much be in it and not just in passing.
"The thing about Bridgerton, which is so brilliant, is that there are so many different ways that you can fall in love as humans, and that's what the show will explore and, obviously, being the older brother, I'm gonna be there to support the youngsters as we go,” Jonathan Bailey said about the upcoming season.
Executive producer Jess Brownell gave us some big clues about which book will be the focus of next season.
While Bailey admitted he doesn’t yet know where exactly season 4 will take his character, he’s very “excited” to step into the oldest Bridgerton’s shoes once again and much looking "forward to reading the script.” He also confirmed he has "a couple of weeks etched out in my schedule for returning”
ICYMI, season 3 of Bridgerton ended with Bailey's Anthony Bridgerton and his wife Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley) getting ready to head off to India before the birth of their baby. To coincide with the season 3 finale, showrunner Jess Brownell previously told Teen Vogue that both Anthony and Kate, affectionately known as Kanthony, would be returning for season 4.
“The strength of sending them off to India for a little while is that it does leave the door open for them to come back, schedules allowing,” Brownell said. “I think, understandably, when any of our lead actors have given over their lives for their season, in future seasons, we want to be supportive of the fact that they do have other projects coming in, and to ask actors to come back just to be in the background is not really fair to them. We love Jonny and Simone, and we'll have them back as much as we are able to.”
On July 23, 2024, Netflix confirmed season 4 of Bridgerton would focus on Benedict’s story, hence adapting Julia Quinn’s third book, An Offer From a Gentleman, which was skipped for season 3 to centre on Penelope and Colin’s story, which adapts Quinn’s fourth book, Romancing Mister Bridgerton, instead.
On August 16, 2024, Variety reported that Yerin Ha had been cast as Benedict’s love interest, Sophie Beckett. Previously, the streamer had teased the logline for the season, writing: "Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict is loath to settle down — until he meets a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother's masquerade ball.”
This article originally appeared on Teen Vogue.
