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This article contains minor spoilers for series 3 of Bridgerton.<\/i><\/p>\n
The majestic world of Bridgerton has thrust a number of budding couples into the limelight over its three seasons.<\/p>\n
Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke of Hastings, Kate Sharma and Anthony Bridgerton and, now, Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton.<\/p>\n
While Penelope and Colin\u2019s love story is the focus of season three, there’s another couple who’ve been there from the start: Will and Alice Mondrich.<\/p>\n
Theirs is a rare, established relationship in the Bridgerton world, and the two are long-married with three children.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s nice to know there is evolution to the character, and a whole roundness,” Martins Imhangbe, who plays Will, tells BBC Newsbeat.<\/p>\n
“They\u2019ve done excellent in carving these characters and these lives.”<\/p>\n
Will and Alice (played by Emma Naomi) were first seen as friends of the Duke, then as owners of their own business and in season three they’re living on a grand estate after a significant inheritance, becoming a part of high society known as “the ton”.<\/p>\n
“There’s something about the working-class hero that people love,” says Martins.<\/p>\n
“About not wanting to be a part of society and being OK with that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Liam Daniel\/Netflix <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBridgerton is set in the world of Regency London high society<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\n
Martins says the Mondrich family go on a “complex journey” navigating their new-found wealth and status.<\/p>\n
“You see the scepticism and hesitation to be involved in high society, the pros and cons at the same time,” he says.<\/p>\n
“You can see the struggle that it\u2019s not as straightforward as \u2013 \u2018OK, now we\u2019re rich\u2019 and we\u2019re going to have a great time.”<\/p>\n
Martins says the Mondriches aren’t in Julia Quinn’s series of Bridgerton novels, and as an actor the roles were “almost a gift”.<\/p>\n
He also says “the complexities of having a bigger plot in the show” mirrored the characters’ journeys.<\/p>\n
“It’s almost like they’re now the celebrities and don’t know how to navigate that,” says Martins.<\/p>\n
“It was similar for us, we didn’t know exactly how to navigate our new roles.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n