Bridgerton star <\/span>Phoebe Dynevor<\/a>, who has played Daphne Bridgerton in the\u00a0first two seasons, has revealed she won\u2019t be back on our screens in the upcoming instalment.<\/span><\/p>\n The first season of the\u00a0Regency-era drama\u00a0focused on Daphne and her blossoming romance with Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings (played by Reg\u00e9-Jean Page<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n Her role became smaller in season 2<\/a> as the attention shifted from Daphne to a new Bridgerton sibling: eldest brother and dashing bachelor Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), and his new love interest, Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley).<\/p>\n Read on for everything you need to know about Dynevor\u2019s departure from Bridgerton and whether she\u2019ll be returning to the Netflix series in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s a simple reason as to why Dynevor\u2019s Daphne won\u2019t be returning: she\u2019s had her fill of festivities and must now respectfully decline any invitations from the ton.<\/p>\n Instead, the spotlight will fall on\u00a0Colin Bridgerton (played by Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (portrayed by Nicola Coughlan) in season 3, as their romance finally gets off the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n Asked if she makes an appearance in the Netflix hit\u2019s third season, Dynevor explained to Screen Rant<\/a> during January\u2019s Sundance Film Festival: \u201cSadly not in season 3. Potentially in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cBut season 3, I\u2019m just excited to watch as a viewer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Having said that,\u00a0showrunner Jess Brownell did tell\u00a0<\/span>Variety<\/span><\/a> that Daphne would be appearing in season 3 last year, so it\u2019s unclear whether the character may appear in some capacity after all.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe want to keep seeing all of our Bridgerton siblings,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe feel like those moments when the whole family is together is what really makes the show and makes all of us, I think, want to be a Bridgerton. So yes, you will definitely be seeing Daphne, Anthony and Kate \u2014 how much, I don\u2019t want to say quite yet, but you have to tune in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Dynevor\u2019s comments suggest that the door is open for Daphne to return in future seasons, but nothing is confirmed as yet, so fans will have to wait and see.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The actress is the second Bridgerton lead to announce she will not appear in a subsequent season of the drama, with her on-screen husband Page confirming his exit ahead of season 2<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n On why he decided to leave the show, Page told Variety<\/a> that the short-term commitment of the role of Simon Basset appealed to him when signing on to take part.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a one-season arc. It\u2019s going to have a beginning, middle, end \u2013 give us a year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201c[I thought] \u2018That\u2019s interesting,\u2019 because then it felt like a limited series. I get to come in, I get to contribute my bit and then the Bridgerton family rolls on.\u201d<\/p>\n As for whether he was written out of season 2 or he chose to depart, the star of upcoming film The Gray Man<\/a> told GQ<\/a> that he \u201crespectfully exited\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t want to put them in an awkward situation where they had<\/em> to kick me out,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Looking for something else to watch? Check out our guide to the best series on Netflix<\/a> and best movies on Netflix<\/a>, or visit our TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Netflix from \u00a36.99 a month<\/a>. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass<\/a> and Virgin Media Stream<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home <\/strong>\u2013 <\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the <\/strong>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n The actress will be missing from season 3. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":29462,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/why-is-phoebe-dynevor-not-returning-for-bridgerton-season-3.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/why-is-phoebe-dynevor-not-returning-for-bridgerton-season-3-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/why-is-phoebe-dynevor-not-returning-for-bridgerton-season-3-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/why-is-phoebe-dynevor-not-returning-for-bridgerton-season-3.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/why-is-phoebe-dynevor-not-returning-for-bridgerton-season-3.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/why-is-phoebe-dynevor-not-returning-for-bridgerton-season-3.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/why-is-phoebe-dynevor-not-returning-for-bridgerton-season-3.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The actress will be missing from season 3.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/29461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why is Phoebe Dynevor not returning for Bridgerton season 3?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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