Why Regé REALLY QUIT

The Bridgerton actor’s ‘aunt’ talks to Woman about what’s next and those Bond rumours

- HAYLEY MINN

Regé-Jean Page had viewers swooning over him as the dashing Duke of Hastings in the hit Netflix period drama Bridgerton – so naturally, fans were heartbroken when it was announced that he wouldn’t be returning to the show, which has been renewed for three more series.

There have been reports that 31-year-old Regé quit because his character won’t be the ‘focal point’ of the next series – something that the show’s producer, Shonda Rhimes, quickly dismissed.

‘We made a one-season deal with him at the beginning of season one,’ she insisted.

But now,