‘Bridgerton’ Season 5 Sets Francesca and Michaela Stirling as Romantic Leads, Filming Now Underway

By Jennifer Maas

Jennifer Maas

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Shock and delight: “Bridgerton” has set Francesca and Michaela Stirling as the leads for Season 5 of the Shonda Rhimes-created Netflix period romance following based on Julia Quinn’s romance series about the love lives of the eight siblings in the titular Bridgerton family.

“Bridgerton” Season 4, which was released in two parts on Netflix between January and February, focused on the love story between Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and Sophie Baek (Yerin Ha).

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