{"id":418980,"date":"2026-04-26T21:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/418980\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T21:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:03:23","slug":"bridgerton-season-4-stars-luke-thompson-and-yerin-ha-talk-about-love-masks-and-pas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/418980\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bridgerton\u2019 Season 4 stars Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha talk about love, masks and pas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Season 4 of the successful Netflix series “Bridgerton”<\/a> centers on Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson), as the show returns to its familiar romantic formula: a masked, Cinderella-style love story between two people from very different worlds. The season opens with Benedict still living a carefree, bohemian lifestyle, until his path shifts when he meets Sophie, (Yerin Ha) a maid working in the household of the formidable Lady Araminta Gun.<\/p>\n

At a masquerade ball, Sophie\u2014disguised as the \u201cLady in Silver\u201d\u2014captivates Benedict, sparking an immediate and undeniable connection. Their romance, however, follows a familiar “Bridgerton” structure: secrecy, mistaken identity, and the gradual breaking down of social barriers. While the chemistry between Benedict and Sophie is strong and convincing, the narrative closely mirrors a classic Cinderella arc, to the point of feeling \u201ca carbon copy\u201d of earlier fairy-tale adaptations.<\/p>\n

Although the season largely repeats the show\u2019s established formula, the central pairing remains compelling enough to hold attention, especially once Benedict and Sophie begin to connect away from society\u2019s constraints.<\/p>\n

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Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha as Benedict Bridgerton and Sophie<\/p>\n

(Photo: Liam Daniel\/Netflix)<\/p>\n

Thompson, 37, who is British, is known for being highly private and deliberately staying out of the public spotlight. Unlike many other actors, he doesn\u2019t have social media. <\/p>\n

Yerin Ha, 28, is an Australian actress who was born in Sydney to South Korean parents who met while studying at drama school. She is best known for roles in “Halo,” “Bad Behaviour” and “The Survivors.”<\/p>\n

In an interview with Thompson and Ha, they reflected on stepping into the world of “Bridgerton” Season 4 and how the show\u2019s global reach and emotional tone have shaped their experience both on and off screen and the chemistry between their two characters.<\/p>\n

Has the Bridgerton world rubbed off on your life off-screen in any way?
\nTHOMPSON: \u201cI think the only way it\u2019s rubbed off really is that it\u2019s always nice when people who do come up to you in the street and you realize that it is a sort of a positive show. You can see a little light in their eyes. It\u2019s just wonderful to be part of something that has that effect on people, that really, really touches people. It\u2019s sort of the best part of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n

HA: \u201cYeah, it makes people feel seen and they can project themselves into the character. That\u2019s a real gift.\u201d<\/p>\n

THOMPSON: \u201cAnd the breadth of people that come up to you and the diversity that\u2019s in the show is also reflected in the audience, and that\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seeing others take the lead in past seasons, did you ever wonder when your turn would come, and what did you want Benedict\u2019s storyline to focus on?
\nTHOMPSON: \u201c’Bridgerton’ is such a lovely ensemble show. I\u2019ve been given stuff to do for three seasons, so it didn\u2019t feel I was sort of waiting for my turn. Benedict has got such a front. He\u2019s got a nice, shiny, customer-facing front that enables him to sort of deal with the world in a very easy way and not give too much of himself away, so, obviously the fun is putting a character like that in a position where you turn up the heat on him and the cracks start to show. And I think that delivers particularly in Part 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophie and Benedict are so vulnerable with each other, shedding the armor they wear for the rest of the world. Did you talk about what their couple cues would be before shooting?
\nHA: \u201cI think it\u2019s nice to be surprised on set, and to see what Luke will give me and vice versa, so, I didn\u2019t feel like it was necessary. We trusted each other and we were willing to go on this journey together that we didn\u2019t feel like we needed to have like a couple cue, per se.\u201d<\/p>\n

THOMPSON: \u201cNo. And then when it comes to the characters, there is a lot of breaking down these barriers and authenticity, but I think what\u2019s lovely about Benedict and Sophie is that from the first time they meet it\u2019s all about what you share and what you hide and they are masked. There\u2019s this constant game between them that probably never really ends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Did you get tips from the actors who played the previous couples, or did you have a more individual process to preserve the essence of your characters?
\nHA: \u201cNo, I didn\u2019t get any tips. They were there to offer advice if I wanted it, but I am a big believer that you kind of have to fail and make mistakes to then learn from it. I was happy to kind of surrender to the ride and see what develops and also see how much I can learn as an actor along the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Scene from Season 4 of ‘Bridgerton’<\/p>\n

(Photo: Liam Daniel\/Netflix)<\/p>\n

THOMPSON: \u201cThe beauty of it is that it regenerates, and it allows each couple to be different. I can\u2019t do a Jonathan Bailey impression, a Reg\u00e9-Jean Page impression or a Luke Newton impression, I can only be me as an actor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yerin, can you please share what was your experience playing Sophie and entering the universe of ‘Bridgerton’?
\nHA: \u201cIt\u2019s been a lot of fun. I joined the process really late, and so I didn\u2019t have a lot of time to prep, per se, I\u2019ve done a few projects now where it\u2019s been book adaptations, so I heavily relied on Julia\u2019s book to understand Sophie before I got the scripts. I started with that, treated that kind of like my Bible, and then once the scripts came in, it was very much about just being present. Because I came in so late, I think I was able to constantly have a communication with Jess or the writers about things that I was stuck on because I didn\u2019t have the luxury to live the characters for a couple years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Everyone loves a romance unfolding. What\u2019s your favorite part of bringing Sophie and Benedict\u2019s romance to life?
\nTHOMPSON: \u201cI like the complexity of it. I think I love the variety of it. I love the fact that they meet at this ball, and then they meet again, but he doesn\u2019t realize it\u2019s the same person, and that then, like, he sort of like ends up in a sort of love triangle with the same person. I think there\u2019s so much about the story that\u2019s – in the best sense of the word – strange, and distinctive. And I think that doesn\u2019t let up. I think throughout the show, like, there\u2019s real complexity in how they handle the truth and who they really are, but also, how they hide. I just think that\u2019s really my favorite part.\u201d
\nHA: \u201cI really love how much a person can change you for the better and bring out the sides in you that I think you don\u2019t realize you have or are laying dormant inside you. I find that really romantic, when you find someone who shifts your perspective in life. And that\u2019s a complex thing, as well, because I think people don\u2019t want to change unless they want to, so to have someone instigate that for you, that\u2019s a really fun part of the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Benedict has always defined himself through freedom – through art, independence, possibility. This season forces him to confront the idea that love might actually require limitation.
\nTHOMPSON: \u201cI think the paradox is that it can be both. The freedom Benedict has been experiencing is intoxicating, but the longer it lasts, the more it starts to feel like a kind of cage\u2014like he\u2019s going round in circles because he\u2019s not committing to anything. In a strange way, commitment becomes a form of freedom. Love can feel like freedom from time in a way, something that lasts beyond it. It shifts depending on where you are in life\u2014you can think you want one thing and realize you want the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you had to describe this season\u2019s romance in three words, what would they be?
\nTHOMPSON: \u201cI\u2019m going to say my first is ‘masks’, because I think there\u2019s something about both metaphorical and physical masks. Then, ‘depth’, and ‘love’, surely.<\/p>\n

HA: \u201cMasks, love and passion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Season 4 of the successful Netflix series “Bridgerton” centers on Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson), as the show returns…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-418980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}