{"id":306541,"date":"2026-02-28T13:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/306541\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T13:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:34:07","slug":"will-daphne-simon-be-recast-on-bridgerton-showrunner-chimes-in-bridgerton-netflix-phoebe-dynevor-rege-jean-page-television-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/306541\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Daphne & Simon Be Recast on \u2018Bridgerton\u2019? Showrunner Chimes In | Bridgerton, Netflix, Phoebe Dynevor, Rege-Jean Page, Television | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The newest episodes of Bridgerton<\/a> season 4 are finally out on Netflix and the absence of Daphne and Simon has become more noticeable than ever with a certain someone\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n

Spoilers ahead for Bridgerton season 4 part 2.<\/p>\n

Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/p>\n

During the second half of the most recent season, Lord John Stirling passes away and his funeral is an important part of the storyline. But it is a little strange to realize that Daphne and Simon, played by Phoebe Dynevor<\/a> and Reg\u00e9-Jean Page<\/a>, weren\u2019t there.<\/p>\n

Some fans have wondered if they will return to the show at some point, or potentially even be recast.<\/p>\n

Showrunner Jess Brownell has shared her thoughts on that subject.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not interested in recasting the characters,\u201d she tells Variety<\/a>. \u201cI think it would feel like a disservice to everything Reg\u00e9 and Phoebe set up in Season 1, and all the beautiful work they put into those characters.\u201d<\/p>\n

That said, Brownell says they \u201cwould love to potentially have them back at some point, but I think, logistically, we want to make sure we bring them back when we have something really meaty for them.\u201d <\/p>\n

She also says that while the camera didn\u2019t capture them, in her mind, they were present at the funeral.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have them come back to say a line at a funeral and just prove that they were there, it wouldn\u2019t feel right for many reasons. So I think in my mind, the camera doesn\u2019t capture everything. They\u2019re hypothetically there; it\u2019s television. But we would love to find a time to bring everyone back at some point in the future,\u201d Brownell said.<\/p>\n

Season 4 star Yerin Ha developed a medical condition after that bathtub scene<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The newest episodes of Bridgerton season 4 are finally out on Netflix and the absence of Daphne and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-306541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}