Shonda Rhimes Says Bridgerton's Sexy Scenes Are Influenced By Her Own 'Wish Fulfillment' as a Single Woman

Shonda Rhimes opens up about the inspiration for Bridgertonsteamy scenes!

During the performance at Show Jennifer Hudson On Thursday, May 23, the show’s Emmy-nominated creator, 54, shared that the third installment of the hit Netflix series is “probably one of our sexiest seasons.”

“Season 3 is good,” she said. “I just love the couple we’re dealing with, you know, Colin and Penelope are people we already know. We are not bringing anyone new. We’ve seen them all this season. And so now we really get to see them come together. Plus, Lady Whistledown is finally getting her due and I love that.”

From left: Shonda Rhimes, Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan on “Bridgerton.”

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“This is really a season about, you know, people who are flowers, shy people who like to come out of their shell and that’s exciting,” she continued.

When asked about her inspiration from the show’s steamy scenes, Rhymes said they were “a little wish-fulfillment.”

She then told host Jennifer Hudson, “In case you know anyone, I’m single.”

Shonda Rhimes attends Variety’s Power of Women 2024: New York event on May 2, 2024 in New York City.

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Luke Newton, who plays Colin Bridgerton, previously told PEOPLE that he knew fans were expecting his character’s romance with Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), which was detailed in season four Bridgerton a book, Romantic Mr. Bridgerton.

“I think there was always that hidden question mark with these two characters,” he said. “People obviously wanted them to get to the point where we’re getting to now, so I guess that’s always been in the back of our minds.”

“You kind of play that in previous seasons and previous scenes, but you can’t really prepare for stripping in front of your friends,” he added jokingly.

Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in the third season of ‘Bridgerton’.

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Coughlan also teased that things got heated during steamy scenes between her and Newton. She shared that they broke a piece of furniture while filming the sex scene, and she found the filming process “really funny.”

“We’d be like, in between scenes, and they’d be like, ‘Do you want to get up and get dressed?’ We said, ‘We’re just going to relax here.’ Like, under the covers,” she recalled during an interview with SiriusXM Hits 1 in April. “But then we have the advantage of knowing each other for years.”

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The first part of Bridgerton season three is currently streaming on Netflix, with part two coming out on June 13.

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