![]() “I hope that this normalizes that kind of casting more-so,” Ashley says. Season two continues Van Dusen’s plan to make Regency London as diverse as the world is today by centering two dark-skinned Indian women as lead characters in a way that has rarely been seen in American television. Showrunner Chris Van Dusen with Ashley on set. He would also sit down with Talbot and the director to figure out what they wanted to get from the scene and how it contributed to the bigger story. Van Dusen says the sex scenes were heavily choreographed and rehearsed like a stunt well in advance. “There were zero surprises, and then we could just focus on bringing the love story to life,” Ashley says. She made sure we were comfortable and confident, that we felt heard, that there was an easy window of communication.”īefore they filmed any of their intimate scenes, Ashley says she and Bailey Zoomed with episode director Cheryl Dunye, Van Dusen and Talbot to break it down shot by shot, so everyone knew exactly what was going to happen when they were filming. “We couldn’t have done it without her,” Ashley tells THR. Intimacy coordinator Lizzy Talbot, returning from season one, worked with the cast and crew to ensure everyone felt comfortable and safe in their sex scenes. While the slow-burn approach also meant season two would not have a sex marathon scored to Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams,” Kate and Anthony burned for each other in their own way and bucked societal norms of the time by being intimate before they were married. “So, it was incredibly dynamic and exciting, having those steamy scenes and all that angst and all that yearning and watching their chemistry build and build really makes the payoff worth it when we get there.” ![]() “The chemistry that you see and feel between Jonathan and Simone as Anthony and Kate is just out of this world,” Van Dusen says. Leading up to that moment, there were several scenes where the two were within seconds of kissing, each time getting interrupted by someone or something. “The frustration you feel between the two of them, it builds from episode to episode, scene to scene, really, and it’s palpable.”Ĭontrary to season one where Daphne and Simon cave to their desire for each other relatively early on, it isn’t until the final moments of episode six in the eight-episode second season - mere minutes after Edwina calls off her and Anthony’s wedding - that Kate and the viscount finally give in to their longing for one another. “You watch them go toe-to-toe throughout the season,” he says. Van Dusen sees Kate and Anthony as magnets - polar opposites, who are drawn to each other in a way that’s out of their control. “I think that’s because there’s just so much conflict to mine between Anthony and Kate, and they have this banter that is just so much fun to watch, and Jonathan and Simone are so good at it.” “This season, one of the big tropes that we’re following is enemies to lovers, and that’s one of my favorite tropes of this genre,” showrunner Chris Van Dusen tells The Hollywood Reporter of his approach to the follow-up run.
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