Nicola Coughlan is being hailed as the breakout star of Netflix’s new period drama, Bridgerton.
Especially after that big reveal that her character, Penelope Featherington, was actually Lady Whistledown – a Regency-era Gossip Girl who was spilling all the gossip in her London paper.
Speaking with Variety, Nicola revealed just how she found out Penelope was Whistledown – and it wasn’t from reading the books. “When I went for the first audition, I only had a couple of days to prepare; I didn’t have time to read the books or do anything like that.
I just thought, ‘I’ll give this a go and if I get a second call, then I’ll read everything,’” Nicola shared. “But that didn’t happen, I just got the job.” She adds that she had to catch up real
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