Nicola Coughlan Talks Bridgerton Season 3 | Who What Wear

Hello, Who, What, Where? I am Nicola Coughlin

and I'm here to answer your burning questions about Bridgerton season three. Three words to describe Penelope this season

Determined, changed, and romantic. And I mean romantic as a noun. She is aromantic

I have my three favourite looks for Penelope this season. I have nicknames for them, which I can't tell you because it's too spoilery

it's been released the image of when you know Luke and I are stood in the dark in a garden and I have

my wig is long and flowing that dress when I tried on only the fabric for that in my first costume

fitting I got tears in my eyes because I'd been waiting for the moment that she'd get the

transformation so that has a really special place she's lady whistle down so I have a coat that is

so gorgeous it's you know I don't often get to wear stuff like that it's a lot of gowns very

beautiful gowns. And then there's a third one which I just can't tell you about at all, you'll just have to

wait and see it. That's a really good one. I feel like because a lot of the, we have a lot of really delicate fabrics and flowing

fabrics and layering, I feel like currencies in Prada, with that beautiful gauzy dress

that Hunter Schaeffer wore on the red carpet, maybe something like that

If she was in the modern era, I feel like she could wear that maybe. My favorite Bridgerton moment to film, it's definitely this season

I know I'm hugely biased, but it's been my favorite season to film. Because also as an actor, I really love just one-on-one scenes with other actors

because it's when you can really get into the nitty-gritty and properly explore character development and the dynamic all of that stuff So there was so many scenes with Luke I always love the scenes dancing with them I have done since season one And then strangely enough the intimacy scenes

I really adore them because you're given a lot of time, support and space on set in those days

So you feel a lot of freedom in a strange way, which you might not expect

So I loved those. And then there's a lot of the scenes that were from the books

Whenever we filmed one of those scenes, there was a different energy on set that day. And it felt like something special

and something that we knew the fans were invested and excited to see

Penelope and Colin's relationship this season, it's just beautiful. They have always been two people who've had this deep bond since they were little kids

and they speak about that a little bit, you know, in the first few episodes of when they met

and he fell off his horse because her bonnet flew off. And I think when they met as kids, they were very much on equal footing

And then that very quickly changed when they entered into society, when we meet at the beginning of season one

when they feel like they've been thrust into the adult world, but they're not really ready to be a part of it

and they both know that deeply. So then when we meet them in season three

they have matured an awful lot because they've both gone through things. But Penelope has decided that she's, you know, not ready for love

She doesn't care about love, in fact. She's just going to move on. You see that connection they have

It's always there, but thankfully the power dynamics shift, which they had to do because she always had him on this pedestal

then he knocked himself off it by like making fun of her at her mother's ball and all this stuff but

I think deep down it's like a soulmate connection they just have to wait until they're in the right

place for one another and when they do it's just really magical my favorite memory working with

Luke it not like one particular memory I think it just an overriding thing of working with an that is so selfless so kind I just always felt supported And I think because it such a long job it you know it it it grueling Even if you

adore it, which I do, it's, it's, it's really exhausting. But having like a partner there who

was like a real teammate and that had your back. So I think just the overriding feeling

and it's funny because we watched some stuff today that we hadn't yet seen in the show. and it made me cry and I just was like god what an experience like when I'm old and gray I'll

sit back and I'll be like what a great time I had with that great guy Penelope has taught me

personal lessons in every season because she's changed so much I think this one what was

interesting for me was that there's the whole theme of Penelope having to step out of the shadows

and into the light and take up space I think sometimes I struggle with that because I I mean

people always roll their eyes when actors go well I'm an introvert and they go you couldn't possibly

be they say experts get their energy from being around people i really don't i need to like shut

myself away and be like quiet and you know even in my family people be like oh my gosh are you

the loud one i'm like not at all like i'm definitely the quietest so i've had to learn

how to step from the supporting role into the leading role and so it's something she had to do

in the show and i felt like i'm having to do in my real life but it's like the learning curve every

day we're still going Lady Whistledown, what it is in the time in which it existed

it was, there was power in the gossip, you know? Women had so little agency, so I feel like if we apply it to nowadays

how can women have power and change things? I feel like she would be a real feminist and she would be advocating for women to have the job

have the husband, have everything. I feel like she would motivate. You know I don think that she started that column for any nefarious reason I think she just needed to find her voice And it was a release for her and a way for her to feel power So yeah I think it was nowadays I think she would spend her time empowering other women

One of the biggest things that has helped my skin was growing up in the west of Ireland where it rains 95% of the time

and we don't get a lot of direct, harsh sunlight. I also couldn't afford to go on sun holidays

so being broke was wonderful for my skin because I couldn't go and fry myself under the sun, which I absolutely would have done, I can tell you

I also really revel in skincare. I've always really enjoyed it. Like when I was younger, like I did a lot of retail jobs and some of them centered around skincare

So when I was like 19, my boss said to me, like, you have to start using eye cream

and you have to start moisturizing your neck because that's the first place you see signs of aging

and the skin is thin. And I would love to say I've taken every good bit of advice in my life

I totally haven't, but that's something that stuck with me. But what's great is nowadays, young people are so much more attuned into skincare

But what they don't realize is we had like that scrub that basically took off a layer of your epidermis every single time you used it

And frying your skin really, really dry and then not moisturizing it because you thought moisturizer would give you spots

But like, I think moisturizer is like the most important thing that you can put on your skin

And also, I think a silly thing, but like also accept the imperfections in your skin as well, because I have super like super dark circles

I've had them since I was a kid, but I'm not gonna get stressed about that

Some people are like, how do I fix them? I'm like, sometimes you don't need to fix. Sometimes you can put concealer on and that is totally fine

The imperfections, everybody has them and if you think they don't, I promise you they do

Thank you so much for all your questions and thank you for watching. Make sure you watch Bridgerton season three only on Netflix