The subsequent season of Bridgerton is on the best way, and we will’t assist however discover one thing fairly s**tty Netflix appears to be doing…
This season is predicated on the e-book specializing in Penelope Featherington, performed by beloved Irish actress Nicola Coughlan, and her will they/gained’t they with Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton). All properly and high-quality, besides…
Video: Watch The Spicy Bridgerton Season 3 Trailer HERE!
We’re getting the sensation the streaming big might not really feel the Derry Ladies star is… god, we hate to even write this out… It kinda looks like they don’t suppose she’s sizzling sufficient to be their bodice-ripping romantic lead. Sigh…
Final Thursday, the identical day because the trailer got here out, Netflix launched an official poster for the present that confirmed Penelope and Colin in a reasonably conventional romance novel pose:
✨New Nic and Newts✨Netflix drops the #BridgertonSeason3 poster pic.twitter.com/O8R1kOVvvB
— Nic and Newts (@NicandNewts) April 11, 2024
This was meant to be THE picture for Season 3. Amazon even modified their itemizing for the e-book Romancing Mister Bridgerton to a tie-in cowl comprised of the poster. However followers had been NOT having it! Why?
They couldn’t recover from how Nicola’s face had been painted over with some sort of AI Photoshop nonsense! People on the Bridgerton Reddit had been fast to voice their discomfort, commenting:
“Okay ngl I don’t like this poster they did Pen soiled it appears AI”
“I wouldn’t comprehend it’s her if I didn’t comprehend it’s her. The Photoshop is ridiculous and baffling–Nicola is gorgeous as is.”
“They unnecessarily YASSIFIED Pen. Jesus.”
“This appears so ai-generated. I kinda hate it!”
“I like the concept of this, however they may have chilled with the Photoshop. Nicola doesn’t want this quantity of Photoshop, her pores and skin appears flawless irl lol.”
It goes on like that. A LOT. And so they aren’t flawed about it being a significant edit! We all know as a result of on Monday Nicola herself posted the ACTUAL picture to her Instagram web page! She simply put it up ostensibly as promo for the present, writing merely:
“One Month”
However we couldn’t assist discover on this model she appears fab and, properly, like an individual and never a cartoon.
Nicola’s model can also be fairly lo-res. Like perhaps she doesn’t have entry to the unique anymore, with out all of the yassification? In any case, followers appeared to catch what Nicola was throwing down. And so they instantly fell in love with the model that didn’t cowl up the actress with cartoon nonsense. They wrote:
“YESSSS IM SO OVER THE PHOTOSHOPPED VERSION
”
“That is higher than the poster! That is the e-book cowl we needed!!!! You look attractive right here!!!!”
“This could’ve been the e-book cowl.”
“Can we begin a petition to have this one because the e-book cowl? The opposite one has horrible enhancing. Idk why they made you right into a bizarre cartoon and Luke appears comparatively regular
I need a fairly e-book cowl, like this one!”
After the world swooned for Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Web page in Season 1, the zeitgeist hasn’t precisely been as obsessive about the present. We’re guessing Netflix is determined to get that magic again, however that is gross and insulting to their star. We simply don’t know what they had been considering, although we do have an inkling what they’re considering now: OOPS!
The poster appears to have been WIPED from all of the official Netflix and Bridgerton social media feeds. Hmm. We’re getting the impression they noticed the blowback and took that nonsense down. Sadly not in time to cease it from being the e-book cowl, we guess?
What do YOU suppose Netflix was making an attempt to do right here? Are you feeling as cynical as we’re about it?? Or is there an inexpensive clarification in your estimation?? Tell us within the feedback beneath!
[Image via MEGA/WENN/Netflix/YouTube.]
