Everything pointed to the new series by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix set in the universe of ‘The Bridgertons’ would be a success and the data have confirmed the suspicions. ‘Queen Charlotte: A Story of The Bridgertons’ leads the ranking Netflix with more than 148 million views in its first week.
The series occupies the first place in the TOP 10 in 91 countries spread over the five continents. A powerful premiere that indicates that the series could be placed together with the first two seasons of ‘The Bridgertons’ among the most watched series in the history of Netflix.
Recently, ‘The Night Agent’ accessed the exclusive list of the most watched series of all time on the platform. It was the last series that achieved similar figures in March with more than 168 million hours viewed in its first days of release, maintaining the Top 1 for several weeks. The achievement of the series about Queen Charlotte stands out because it achieves very good data with only six episodes.
Fiction has conquered the public with the story of Queen Charlotte’s accession to the throne when she married King George at just 17 years old. A marriage with complicated beginnings due to the King’s health problems, which we had already sensed watching ‘The Bridgertons’ and which explains the spin-off. India Amarteifio plays the young Queen Charlotte and is joined by Corey Mylchreest as George. Although is based on historical facts that we have reviewed in this reportthe series does not try to be “a lesson” as it warns at the beginning and it is only “a fiction inspired by the facts”.
Although it is a miniseries, Shonda Rhimes has been open to a second season: “I do not rule out anything,” he said. “I could live with Carlota and Jorge forever, but we tell a very specific closed story that I think is a complete story of this complicated and imperfect love,” she explained in an interview with EW.
The cast of the series completes it Golda Rosheuvel is the charismatic Queen Charlotte adult that we already saw in the original series, Thomas Thomas as young Lady Agatha Danbury, Adjoa Andoh repeats his role as ‘The Bridgertons’ in the mature version of Lady Danbury, as well Ruth Gemmell brings Lady Violet, matriarch of the Bridgerton family, back to life, her child version plays her Connie Jenkins-Greig; Michelle Fairley is the king’s mother, Princess Augusta; sam clemmet plays the queen’s young secretary, Brimsley, while the mature version is performed by Hugh Sachs; Freddy Dennis gives life to the king’s personal secretary.
