‘Bridgerton’ spin-off to focus on young Queen Charlotte

Netflix has announced the official cast members for the upcoming ‘Bridgerton’ spinoff series.

According to a statement released on the streaming service’s blog on Wednesday, the “still-untitled project”, which focuses on the origin story of Queen Charlotte, will have exciting acting talents like India Amarteifio from ‘Line of Duty‘, Michelle Fairley of ‘Gangs of London’, Corey Mylchreest of ‘Sandman’, and Arsema Thomas.

“Amarteifio portrays Young Queen Charlotte, who learns to navigate palace life after finding herself betrothed to the King of England against her will, while Fairley takes on the role of Princess Augusta, a royal determined to do whatever it takes to maintain her family’s power,” the statement read.

“Mylchreest will play Young King George, described as ‘handsome, charismatic, and a bit of a mystery,’ and Thomas will step into the character of the Young Lady Danbury, who becomes a guiding light for the new queen as she grows into the powerful woman we all know and love from the Bridgerton series.”

Production began on the series with the first table read taking place earlier this week.

All hail Queen Charlotte!
For her next series, Lady @ShondaRhimes will chronicle Her Majesty's rise to prominence and esteemed power in a prequel that shall witness Golda Rosheuvel reprise her role and India Amarteifio join the Ton as young Queen Charlotte. pic.twitter.com/SELpiMdnDc

— Bridgerton (@bridgerton) March 30, 2022

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The streaming giant also confirmed that Golda Rosheuval, Adjoa Andoh, and Ruth Gemmell will be reprising their roles from ‘Bridgerton’ in the spinoff, playing Queen Charlotte, Lady Agatha Danbury, and Lady Violet Bridgerton, respectively.

Shonda Rhimes will continue as showrunner, executive producer, and writer, while Tom Verica is the director and executive producer. Betsy Beers will also executive produce the limited series.