Natalia Piña / The Diary
Saturday January 09, 2021 | 6:00
The ‘Bridgerton’ series has it all: drama, romance, suspense, glamor and an amazingly charming male lead. Until recently his name was not well known, but thanks to his role as Simon Basset in the production of Shonda Rhimes (creator of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’), Regé-Jean Page has become Netflix’s new heartthrob.
Although the 30-year-old British actor has worked in the entertainment industry for quite some time, both in Europe and the United States, it is this role of the Duke of Hastings that has put him in the spotlight, making him one of the elected candidates to be Daniel. Craig as the new James Bond.
Born in London in 1990 (son of an English preacher and Zimbabwean nurse), Regé-Jean Page plays one of the most coveted singles in the series set in the early 19th century and based on Julia’s novels. Quinn.
Ironically, his character as Simon Basset also led to him being one of the most coveted singles in reality. All you have to do is enter his official Instagram account (@regejean) and select one of his photos, so that not hundreds, but thousands of comments are displayed, such as: “I love you”, “Marry me”, “My perfect duke “,” Hey I could drive a truck over it and thank you “and” You’re the most desirable man of the year “.
However, not everything has always been honey and flakes for the Duke of Hastings. After his birth, his parents moved to Harare, the capital of the African country of Zimbabwe, and the actor was discriminated against during his youth for being a ‘mixed race’: “I always looked at things from the outside. It was always different. It didn’t fit the mold. People didn’t know what to do with me, ”he stated in an interview with The Fall magazine.
When he turned 14, he returned to London and began forging his acting career. During his adolescence he took part in several short films and the BBC series ‘Casualty’, until he gained fame in England with ‘Waterloo Road’ (2015) after his professionalization at the age of 23 at the Drama Center in London.
It was then that he decided to move to Los Angeles in search of happiness in Hollywood, and managed to establish himself in the industry with a participation in the miniseries ‘Roots’, an adaptation of Alex Halley’s work of the same name, in 2016. And without. When he knew, this job changed his life.
Thanks to his role in ‘Roots’, producer Shonda Rhimes noticed him and decided to include him in the legal fiction ‘For the people’ for ABC, a series in which Regé-Jean gave birth to a young prosecutor before he became production will stop in 2019 after two seasons.
‘Bridgerton’ the Shonda Rhimes
Historical drama series and romance
Reparto: Julie Andrews, Phoebe Dynevor, Regé-Jean Page, Jonathan Bailey
Synopsis: The eight beloved brothers of the Bridgerton family seek love and happiness in London’s high society. Inspired by Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels.