Fearful of footwear. Nicola Coughlan’s bright dresses and floral headpieces may have taken center stage in Bridgerton season one, but fans might have noticed that the show leaned into the 35-year-old actress’ shorter stature.
And there’s a good reason why. It turns out, the star, who plays Penelope Feathington, simply couldn’t get the hang of her high heels — and she was “terrified” of getting fired for it. “Ellen Mirojnick, who is the costume designer on season one, said, ‘You’re tiny, you’re too small so we’re gonna put you in heels,’” Coughlan recalled in an interview with The One Show. “I was just terrified to get fired because I couldn’t believe my luck at getting the job.
I said, ‘Yes, absolutely.’ If they were like, ‘You have to wear a giant clown suit,’ I would have been like, ‘I would love that, yes please.’” Long story short, the Harlots star agreed to wear some seriously high heels — and it wasn’t smooth sailing. “On my first day on set, we were walking around and I toppled over not once, not twice, but three times,” the actress joked. “Three times!
I thought, ‘They’re going to think I’m drunk. they’re going to think I’m crazy,’” she admitted. Thankfully, such was not the case.
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