'Bridgerton' Stars Simone Ashley and Jonathan Bailey Will Both Return for Season 3

Never let it be said that Netflix doesn't learn from its mistakes. After somehow managing to not sign breakout Season 1 star Rege-Jean Page to a long-term contract and allowing the actor to slip through their fingers in the wake of the series' megapopular first season, Bridgerton will be taking no such chances with its leading lord and lady from Season 2.

According to Deadline, stars Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley are both officially returning for the third season of the show as Viscount Anthony and Viscountess Kate Bridgerton. The duo wed at the end of Season 2, but thanks to a painfully slow-burn courtship the pair had precious little screentime together as a proper couple, something it's likely many fans hope the show may try to rectify in the series' next outing.

“We’re going to be back! Kate and Anthony are just getting started,” Ashley told Deadline. “We have the amazing Jess Brownell who is taking the lead as showrunner in Season 3. In Season 2, there was a lot of push and pull between Kate and Anthony, there were complications with the family, and then they find each other towards the end. I think everything is just starting. I’d like to see Kate just let go a bit more and play more in Season 3 and kind of swim in that circle of love together. I think they both deserve it.”