WEBVTT - Getting Acquainted: Meet the Hosts

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<v Speaker 1>Bridget The Official Podcast is a partnership between shondaland Audio

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<v Speaker 1>and Iheartradiotin offers an escape, and for me, that's one

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<v Speaker 1>of the things that got me excited about the show,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's what I want viewers to take away that

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<v Speaker 1>they can be transported an escape to this other world,

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<v Speaker 1>this beautiful, gorgeous, decadent world. But I also want viewers

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<v Speaker 1>to relate to these characters and to see themselves on screen.

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<v Speaker 1>No matter who you are, I want you to laugh

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<v Speaker 1>and cry and love right along with them. I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>this show to be about a world and about an

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<v Speaker 1>entire society, and there's a vibrancy to this world. Things

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<v Speaker 1>are fresh, things are youthful. There is an effervescence and

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<v Speaker 1>a sparkle to every thing, and I think that's true

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<v Speaker 1>for the set design, the costume. Certainly everything is rooted

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<v Speaker 1>in the regency time period, but still slightly updated. The

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<v Speaker 1>volume is turned up on everything that was Chris Van Deuson, creator, showrunner,

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<v Speaker 1>and executive producer of Bridgerton, the show that led us

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<v Speaker 1>to be gathered here today. Welcome to Bridgeton the Official Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm your host, Gabrielle Collins, and you can consider me

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<v Speaker 1>your official guide behind the scenes at shantaland so I

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<v Speaker 1>live for the art of fact history, drama docs. I

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<v Speaker 1>also love spreadsheets and stand well oiled production teams, so naturally,

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<v Speaker 1>Bridgeton was a super combo of the stuff I love

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<v Speaker 1>about life's top shelf, medicine, television. So gather your dress,

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<v Speaker 1>straighten that assinator, and come with me on this podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to hear how Bridgerton came to life. And y'all,

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<v Speaker 1>I have some friends coming along and they are excited

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about how life behind the Scenes rocked. Allow

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<v Speaker 1>me to introduce my highly esteemed co hosts. Hi, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Jess Brownell. I was a writer on season one of

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<v Speaker 1>Bridgerton and also on season two. I'm Hannay Craig. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the historian who is lucky enough to be on

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<v Speaker 1>set with Bridgeton. And I'm Anna Belhood. I was a

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<v Speaker 1>researcher and Chris Benduson's personal assistant on Bridgeton, and I

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<v Speaker 1>am You're certified behind the scenes guide Gabrielle Collins. And this,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, it tured you off? Do I click?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want me to click? How big this file?

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<v Speaker 1>This is? Gonna be a big file. Oh was I

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<v Speaker 1>We're connected. Can you say something? No? Hold on? Wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have been a we've got a connection issues. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the glamorous world of podcasting these days. Compared to when

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<v Speaker 1>it's pouring rain and you ankle deep in mud and

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<v Speaker 1>you just kind of like push all your equipment up

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<v Speaker 1>a muddy hill to try and get to the next location.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how glamorous. This is very glamorous. So this is

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<v Speaker 1>what we're going to do on this little episode. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a minisode, little appetizer before we get into the main

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<v Speaker 1>course of the show. Since there are so many voices

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to hear on this podcast in the coming weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>we just wanted to take the time to introduce ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>and talk a bit about what's to come on the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're basically going to get to know your guides.

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<v Speaker 1>We're just gonna sit here and get giddy about Bridgerton

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<v Speaker 1>and what it was like bringing it together. Jess Annabelle Hannah.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really excited to go behind the scenes and learn

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<v Speaker 1>about your time on set in the throes of production.

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<v Speaker 1>We are going to give you a peek inside the

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<v Speaker 1>writer's room. Yes, we're going to learn how the sauce

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<v Speaker 1>was made. We're going to get into the themes and

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<v Speaker 1>modern twists in Bridgerton with book series author Julia Quinn,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll get into how the writer's room debated and

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<v Speaker 1>came to some of the decisions you all made on

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<v Speaker 1>the show, Jess. We'll also hear from Chris van Dusen

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<v Speaker 1>and Shonda Rhimes is long time producing partner and an

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<v Speaker 1>executive producer on Bridgerton. Betsy Beers, Oh, I actually used

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<v Speaker 1>to work for I started my career at Shondalan, asked

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<v Speaker 1>Betsy Beers's assistant. Believe it or not, that's right, Jess.

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<v Speaker 1>I love how you never leave us hanging on the sidelines.

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<v Speaker 1>When you're talking about being in the writer's room. You

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<v Speaker 1>pull up a seat for us, and we feel like

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<v Speaker 1>we're there with you. So if you're really pulling up

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<v Speaker 1>a seat in the writer's room, you're feeling a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit sweaty because you've been sitting in there for ten hours.

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<v Speaker 1>You're drinking sparkling water, which is, for some reason, the

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<v Speaker 1>official beverage of writer's rooms. Actually, season one, we wrote

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<v Speaker 1>in a windowless room. So okay, that's the seat that's

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<v Speaker 1>being pulled up, just you can set the scene. That's perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>I will also mention that Madame Delacois is named that

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<v Speaker 1>because we drank so much Lacroix in the room that

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<v Speaker 1>when we were joking, when we were trying to come

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<v Speaker 1>up with a French name, I think someone pitched as

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<v Speaker 1>a joke like de Lacroix. Did ye really get it stuck?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gullible, I'm not lying. It's like a joke at

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<v Speaker 1>this point that TV writers rooms are obsessed with Lacroix.

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<v Speaker 1>They're always stalked with it. We would go through cases

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<v Speaker 1>and cases a day. Wow, wow, and yeah, that's how

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<v Speaker 1>she got her name. It's like we hate to strip

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<v Speaker 1>back all the glamor is. It's so true from such

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<v Speaker 1>humble beginnings came you know, this very sexy show. Oh, Hannah,

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<v Speaker 1>listeners are going to feel the same way about what

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<v Speaker 1>you have to say. What are you most excited to

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<v Speaker 1>get into? Oh, it's just going to be exciting to

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<v Speaker 1>think about all the stuff we put together for Bridgeton.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, for me, it's like a world that's like

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<v Speaker 1>one foot in the past, one foot in the present

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<v Speaker 1>and then just all this glitter that comes from schandaland

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<v Speaker 1>it's just going to be exciting to think about that again.

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<v Speaker 1>And I will talk about history to anybody, so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>happy to do that on the podcast Awesome Awesome. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>excited too because Will Hughes Jones said that Google and

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<v Speaker 1>Wikipedia are wonderful things, but that you were like a

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<v Speaker 1>walking encyclopedia. I do see myself as the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>the reference resource, the walking reference library that anyone can

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<v Speaker 1>pull on. I think it's helpful that I've worked quite

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<v Speaker 1>a lot with productions over the years. I understand how

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<v Speaker 1>something goes from script to filming to final production. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so tell us a little more about how you ended

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<v Speaker 1>up being the historian on Bridgerton. Well, I think if

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<v Speaker 1>someone had said to me many years ago, oh, Hannah,

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<v Speaker 1>if you get a PhD, then one day you can

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<v Speaker 1>work on a Shonda Rhimes production, I wouldn't have believed it.

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<v Speaker 1>So it wasn't the sort of typical path that I

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<v Speaker 1>thought that history would take me to. But of course

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<v Speaker 1>it's a very exciting, magical path that I've ended up on.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've always loved history even as a child, and

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<v Speaker 1>some of my childhood memories involved visiting historic sites with

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<v Speaker 1>my family in Europe and in England, and what really

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<v Speaker 1>captured my imagination actually were sort of things like the

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<v Speaker 1>set of stone steps that you see in a castle

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<v Speaker 1>with those dips in the middle of the steps, and

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<v Speaker 1>I just used to walk down those steps and think

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<v Speaker 1>how many people must have walked there before me to

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<v Speaker 1>have made that dip in stone. And you can see

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<v Speaker 1>the marks on a wall where all the hands have gone,

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<v Speaker 1>and I just think, who were those people? Were they

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<v Speaker 1>like me? What were they doing? Were they happy? Were

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<v Speaker 1>they sad? And that always took me to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>wanting to read about the past and think about the past,

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<v Speaker 1>And it is just kind of an excuse to sit

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<v Speaker 1>in a kind of landscape of your own imagination that's

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<v Speaker 1>filled with all these ideas from all the books that

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<v Speaker 1>you ease, and then as a historian, all the sources

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<v Speaker 1>you start to study. My head was always kind of

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<v Speaker 1>teeming with the voices and the stories and say for me,

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<v Speaker 1>it always felt like film and television became a place

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<v Speaker 1>where lots of these people then also came to life.

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<v Speaker 1>It was sort of a natural progression for me. Each

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<v Speaker 1>episode Hannah will give us a Regency era history lesson.

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<v Speaker 1>She's gonna unpack the stuff that will make you go

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<v Speaker 1>back and watch Bridgerton again looking for clues twice. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>unashamed to say that I have, Hannah. Your expertise is

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<v Speaker 1>going to help us to contextualize the setting of the

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<v Speaker 1>show and help us low keep easter eggs. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>don't worry. I'm not going to set a test at

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<v Speaker 1>the end or anything. But if you do want to

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<v Speaker 1>write an essay, I will read it for you. I

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<v Speaker 1>love a test. I miss school. I would like to

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<v Speaker 1>take better. Okay, all right, we need like Bridgerton the

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<v Speaker 1>board game where you get tested on history or something.

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<v Speaker 1>You as you advance you get to like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>make out with a duke. Yeah, and lazy time Reston

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<v Speaker 1>of Iniquity. I would be in all the time, hang

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<v Speaker 1>out in the den of Iniquity. Yes. And finally, on

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast, we're going to geek out with the production

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<v Speaker 1>and custom designers and the cast about how this fantastical

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<v Speaker 1>world was built. Annabelle will be our guide. Yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>had the privilege of seeing just how Bridgeton came from

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<v Speaker 1>being in Chris Vanderson's imagination and the just the sheer

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<v Speaker 1>power of everyone working together to make this show. I

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<v Speaker 1>am Chris van Dusen's personal assistant. That's pretty self explanatory.

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<v Speaker 1>But then you're not just getting lunches and helping schedule things.

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<v Speaker 1>You're on a lot of email chains and you know

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of things. I know a lot of secrets.

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<v Speaker 1>I could be lady whistled down with how many secrets

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<v Speaker 1>I know. People friends are texting me being like, do

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<v Speaker 1>you know what's happening with this? And I'm like, I

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<v Speaker 1>literally can't tell you. I'm so sorry, I literally can't

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<v Speaker 1>tell you what's happening. That's really really cool. Now that

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<v Speaker 1>Bridgeton has become such a huge hit, there's lots of

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<v Speaker 1>crew that are coming out with behind the scenes photos,

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<v Speaker 1>and if ever I'm tagged in one of them, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>usually like standing in a corner on my phone and

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<v Speaker 1>my laptop at the same time. I'm never doing anything interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm never like standing in the middle of a field. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but you are the island of calm though the whole time,

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<v Speaker 1>and about you. You know, when everything else was I

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<v Speaker 1>tried to fitting around you. You would like the calm

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<v Speaker 1>person always. Yeah, sometimes with a hard stare, I'm so

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<v Speaker 1>excited to get to experience this for season two, to

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<v Speaker 1>be uncertain, experience all the stress. But it is fun.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what people. We say. It's stressful, and we say

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<v Speaker 1>it's crazy, and we say we're standing in the pouring rain.

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<v Speaker 1>But then at the same time, you catch yourself looking

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<v Speaker 1>around me like I wouldn't actually want to be anywhere else.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it kind of maybe type too fun where you're like,

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<v Speaker 1>as it's happening, you're sort of complaining, and then you

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<v Speaker 1>look back on it and you're like, that was awesome. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I got the sense that y'all were in sync from

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<v Speaker 1>day one, like especially during writing and when the engines

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<v Speaker 1>fired up on set. Yeah, it always the first day

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<v Speaker 1>of set always feels like the first day of school.

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<v Speaker 1>You're meeting new people for the first time. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you can be as prepared as possible for the first

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<v Speaker 1>day of school and you still feel like you've forgotten something.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's definitely what Bridgeton felt like day one. And

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<v Speaker 1>then by day two everyone was friends. Everyone got along

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<v Speaker 1>and it was like, all right, let's make this TV

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<v Speaker 1>show nice. You know, there was only one of the

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<v Speaker 1>writers on set per season one obviously because it was

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<v Speaker 1>London and far away, so we didn't get to experience

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<v Speaker 1>the crew tightness. But that writer's room, I will say

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<v Speaker 1>we are still all on a group thread. We talk

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<v Speaker 1>like every day. It was such a close knit group,

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<v Speaker 1>and I feel like that close knit energy, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>is reflected work, Like we were really able to bounce

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<v Speaker 1>off of each other in this awesome creative way. And

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<v Speaker 1>you're in the rider's room now, right, I am for

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<v Speaker 1>season two? Yes? What's that like? Before we get into

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<v Speaker 1>the behind the scenes of season one? I see people

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<v Speaker 1>on Twitter and everywhere else freaking out about season two. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>no spoilers, but it's going very well. We're really excited

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<v Speaker 1>about what we have to present for season two and

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<v Speaker 1>we hope that the fans are gonna come along with us. Nice,

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<v Speaker 1>it's all I can say. That's so we're allowed to say, Annabelle,

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<v Speaker 1>are you hanging out with Jess two? What's going on?

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<v Speaker 1>I've been in the Rider's room, but I've just been listening.

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<v Speaker 1>Annabelle saves us on the regular. She's being humble, but

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<v Speaker 1>we'll run into a story problem and she's like, here's

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<v Speaker 1>this a convenient historical fact that solves your story problem

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<v Speaker 1>for you. Oh, thank you, Annabelle nice. Okay, we're all

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<v Speaker 1>a happy family. Now, let's go back to Chris Van Duson,

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<v Speaker 1>the creator, showrunner and executive producer of Bridgerton. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a show about love, and it's a show about family,

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<v Speaker 1>and there was a real family dynamic with this cast

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<v Speaker 1>and with this crew on set. Every day we were

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<v Speaker 1>in some of the most amazing locations and a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of it was challenging, and just to watch everyone rise

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<v Speaker 1>to the occasion and really give everything. They're always just

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<v Speaker 1>so amazing and so inspiring to see. And Annabelle, you

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<v Speaker 1>are in so many ways so up close to the

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<v Speaker 1>process of a showrunner. That's what I love working with

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<v Speaker 1>Chris is that he has the entire world of Bridgeton

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<v Speaker 1>in his head as in credit and I'm like trying

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<v Speaker 1>to bother him with scheduling stuff, and he's got all

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<v Speaker 1>these things going on in his head. But it's great

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<v Speaker 1>to work with him. I genuinely feel like I'm one

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<v Speaker 1>of the luckiest people to be able to work with Chris.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris led a team of amazing artists, actors, organizers, producers

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<v Speaker 1>to help build the world of Bridgert and in talking

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<v Speaker 1>with Chris and the cast and crew. Y'all, my appreciation

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<v Speaker 1>for this production has deepened. You think you love Bridgerton

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<v Speaker 1>until you hear about the show behind the show. It

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<v Speaker 1>was big. It's a very very big set. We really

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<v Speaker 1>did build a costume house, built all the fireplaces, we

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<v Speaker 1>built a ball, built all the windows, and then we

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<v Speaker 1>built a water rig into it. The whole set stood

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<v Speaker 1>in a tank that we built as well. There were

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<v Speaker 1>seventy five hundred pieces of costume. Me. Okay, it was

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. Yeah, it was big. Rome or in the

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<v Speaker 1>case of Bridgerton, Grosvenor Square wasn't built in a day.

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<v Speaker 1>It was built in one hundred forty days. But this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not about counting yards of fabric, cans of paint,

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<v Speaker 1>or hours spent on set. My co hosts and I

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<v Speaker 1>are peeling back the layers of work that made Bridgerton

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<v Speaker 1>reson eight with so many audiences millions of households. We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to hear from some of the cast members, production

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<v Speaker 1>design team, choreographer Jack Murphy, composer and sickening pianists Chris Bowers,

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<v Speaker 1>Ellen Murrasnik and John Glazer who give us costume life,

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<v Speaker 1>and even Shonda Rhymes, I'm basically escorting you through a

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<v Speaker 1>ball of TV and streaming Badassrie. Okay. I think what

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<v Speaker 1>drew me in was the books. They're so incredibly well

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<v Speaker 1>written and plotted at such a pace that I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if you see in other romance novels, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the twists and turns come so quickly. I thought it

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<v Speaker 1>would just be like so drawn out and glances and

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<v Speaker 1>talking about feelings and stuff, and I thought it'd be cheesy.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think the fact that the show moves so

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<v Speaker 1>quickly and that the plot goes places you don't expect

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<v Speaker 1>it to go is really refreshing. I also got really

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<v Speaker 1>pulled in by doing the research for the show about

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<v Speaker 1>the period and realizing how different but similar it was

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<v Speaker 1>to today. But it's always human stories that connectors, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, as a historian, when I work on productions,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm all I always remember that it's the stories of

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<v Speaker 1>the characters that carry us through, and history is about that.

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<v Speaker 1>History is about emotion, about motivation, about the choices you

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<v Speaker 1>make in the past, and that's the essence of a

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<v Speaker 1>good story. And I always think it's incredibly exciting as

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<v Speaker 1>a historian to be able to see a world that's

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<v Speaker 1>set in the past come to life. I find it

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<v Speaker 1>magical to see something on a script where I know

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<v Speaker 1>people have thought over every single word and changed and

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<v Speaker 1>written it and rewritten it, and then it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>life in the production and you see all the camera

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<v Speaker 1>crews working and all of the kids, and I love

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<v Speaker 1>all of that stuff. And then suddenly it's all on screen,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know screen it. It's also slightly different because

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<v Speaker 1>then you get the music and the editing and you

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<v Speaker 1>can suddenly see what everyone was aiming for. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>incredible to see this thing come to life at the ends.

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<v Speaker 1>And history is in our imagination, isn't it. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>why I became a historian, because it lives in your imagination,

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<v Speaker 1>but television and film thinks that's life. All right, everyone,

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to wrap it up right here. I hope

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<v Speaker 1>you enjoyed this little Get to Noah's session. Next week,

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<v Speaker 1>the behind the scenes ball really begins. So get ready,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going in. We're going to talk about locations and

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<v Speaker 1>the setting of this fantastical world. Until then, like subscribe

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<v Speaker 1>and share. I'm Gabrielle Collins. Our editor is Chandler May's.

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<v Speaker 1>Our producers are Chris Van Dusen and Lauren Homan. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening. Bridgeton. The official podcast is a production of

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<v Speaker 1>Shondaland Audio in partnership with iHeartRadio. For more podcasts, visit

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