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Bridgerton icon's ‘hidden talent' exposed by co-star in scandalous new series
James Purefoy revealed his co-star Bessie Carter of Bridgerton fame has a surprising hidden talent
Outrageous star James Purefoy has praised his co-performer Bessie Carter ahead of their new project premiering this week.
The Bridgerton breakout was previously best known for portraying Prudence Featherington in the hit Netflix series but takes on a totally different role in U and U&Drama's new period drama.
Set over 100 years after the Regency romance, with the Second World War looming, Carter portrays renowned writer Nancy Mitford, the daughter of Purefoy's David Freeman-Mitford.
As their father struggles to keep his family's footing amongst the elite amidst Britain's financial woes, Nancy's sisters start to make names for themselves as socialites and fascist sympathisers.
'She seizes it like Atlas, it's on her shoulders, the show,' Purefoy said of Carter at Outrageous' London premiere.
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Reflecting on their scenes together, the Sex Education star shares one unexpected talent stuck out during filming.
'She's so cool and so calm and so collected and talks so fast,' he went on.
'It's a habit I've never really gotten into, but she could talk very fast when she's acting and I love that.
'Makes the editors really pleased because you can get so much into a scene.'
Despite Carter's knack for speedy line reading, her co-star Orla Hill, who portrays Deborah Mitford, revealed some scenes actually took days to get right.
'Basically, any scene where we sat around the kitchen table took about three days,' she admitted.
'The whole time we're either sat at the table filming it or we're sat in a room next to that room just kind of hanging out.'
Hill also revealed she struck up a strong bond with another one of her co-stars thanks to their close proximity.
'I live round the corner from [Joanna Vanderham] so we got driven into work together at, like, 6am every day and driven back together at 9pm,' she recalled.
'So we spent all the time together when it was like that. There was definitely a big sense of camaraderie.
'There was a lot of that joking around. For me, Deborah is 14-16 in the show so she's that silly, younger self and I myself am a silly younger sister so I enjoyed that very much.'
Promising romance, family drama and scandals galore, Outrageous is a must-watch for both Bridgerton and Downton Abbey fans once it releases to stream for free this week.
