“Each Season Is So Special”: ‘Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley Talks Returning for Season 4 [Exclusive]

As Bridgerton Season 4 filming winds down, fans are looking forward to seeing the return of their favorite characters. Season 4 will adapt An Offer From a Gentleman, the third book in the Bridgerton book series by Julia Quinn, giving Benedict (Luke Thompson) his forever love story opposite Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha). Most of the ever-expanding Bridgerton clan is expected to return this season, including the Viscount and Viscountess Anthony and Kate Bridgerton, played by Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley.

While Bailey was off somehow managing to star in Heartstopper, Fellow Travelers, and Wicked in his time between Bridgerton‘s Seasons 3 and 4 (seriously, does he sleep?), Ashley recently starred in the Prime Video romantic comedy Picture This opposite Hero Fiennes Tiffin. When speaking with Collider’s Christina Radish for the film, Ashley delivered some exciting updates about her return as Viscountess Bridgerton:

“I’m always excited to go back. I was there filming a few weeks ago with the girls and it always just feels like coming back home

. Life goes on, but there’s this time capsule on set where nothing really changes. It just keeps growing and growing and growing. All I have to say is how excited and proud I am to see Yerin [Ha] and Luke [Thompson] lead their season. Each season is so special within itself, and I’m really excited for everyone to see what they’ve been up to.”

Yes, Sophie and Kate Will Have Scenes Together in ‘Bridgerton’ Season 4

When something is adapted from another source material, it’s a gamble what will be kept in and what will be taken out or changed. At the Season of Love event, lead Luke Thompson promised that Season 4 will be the “most faithful” of the show’s adaptations so far. “It really lends itself to adaptation, just plot-wise,” he’d explained. Ashley teases to Collider that between Anthony and Kate’s duties as Viscount and Viscountess as well as new parents to the child they were pregnant with at the end of Season 3, fans will get to see Kate interacting with her newest soon-to-be sister-in-law. “Yes.

 I’m not really allowed to say anything though. Sorry. I’m gonna get in trouble.” Keeping things tight-lipped about the specifics, Ashley shares that returning to play Kate, in general, is special. “And what a gift that is. I’m so grateful. We just step back in, and it’s like coming back home and filling in some very familiar shoes.”