'Bridgerton' showrunner Jess Brownell has been 'pitching' Francesca's gender-swap love story with Michaela since season 1 of the show
Turns out the idea to change Francesca's love interest from Michael to Michaela has actually been a discussion in the Bridgerton writers' room since the first season.
Brownell noted that the show started dropping hints two seasons later, adding, 'My hope is that watching this season, people see how we're telling a piece of that story, even starting in episode 1 of season 3 with Francesca, in terms of all of the debutantes having always imagined what they wanted their husbands to be like. Francesca realizes, 'I've never thought about that, actually. Why is that?' It was a thread we were playing with.
The season 3 finale, which started streaming on Netflix June 13, threw that plot for a loop when John introduced Francesca to his cousin Michaela . Not every viewer, however, was excited at the prospect of more LGBTQIA+ representation . Some book fans specifically claimed they were losing out by not getting an exact adaptation of Francesca’s story line.
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