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‘Bridgerton’ Author Speaks Out on Fan ‘Disappointment’ Over Gender-Flipping Francesca’s Love Interest: ‘Grant Me and the Team Some Faith as We Move Forward’
"Bridgerton" author Julia Quinn is calming down fans who are outraged over the Netflix series gender flipping Francesca Bridgerton's live interest.
While Season 3 was primarily devoted to the blossoming romance between friends Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), it also tracked the courtship of Francesca (Hannah Dodd) by John Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin (Victor Alli). Book readers got a shock then when the Netflix series introduced John’s cousin on screen as Michaela Stirling (Masali Baduza), gender-flipping the character and presumably changing Francesca’s sexuality. “But switching the gender of a major character is a huge change, and so when Jess Brownell first approached me with the idea of turning Michael into Michaela for the show, I needed more information before conferring my agreement.”
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