As “Bridgerton” fans are well aware by now, Phoebe Dynevor’s Daphne Bridgerton will no longer be the leading lady in Season 2 of the Netflix romance and her leading man, Regé-Jean Page’s Simon Basset, won’t be present at all.
While the Duke’s absence in the second season is really not a shock to readers of Julia Quinn’s “Brigerton” novel series, it did shake up some passionate viewers of the smash-hit Shonda Rhimes show when Page’s exit was first announced. For this reason, TheWrap asked Dynevor, who is now in production on the new batch of episodes in the U.K.,