Did Netflix Do Nicola Coughlan Dirty With This Bridgerton Poster?!
perezhilton.comThe next season of Bridgerton is on the way, and we can’t help but notice something pretty s**tty Netflix seems to be doing… This season is based on the book focusing on Penelope Featherington, played by beloved Irish actress Nicola Coughlan, and her will they/won’t they with Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton).
All well and fine, except… Video: Watch The Spicy Bridgerton Season 3 Trailer HERE! We’re getting the feeling the streaming giant may not feel the Derry Girls star is… god, we hate to even write this out… It kinda seems like they don’t think she’s hot enough to be their bodice-ripping romantic lead.
Sigh… Last Thursday, the same day as the trailer came out, Netflix released an official poster for the show that showed Penelope and Colin in a fairly traditional romance novel pose: This was meant to be THE image for Season 3. Amazon even changed their listing for the book Romancing Mister Bridgerton to a tie-in cover made from the poster.
But fans were NOT having it! Why? They couldn’t get over how Nicola’s face had been painted over with some kind of AI Photoshop nonsense!
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