There was also an announcement that he would executive produce and appear alongside Glen Powell in the AGBO and Russo Brothers' television series, Butch and Sundance. Reports in 2021 suggested that Page would star in and executive produce Paramount's reboot of The Saint, as well as feature in an untitled heist film by Noah Hawley. Page also appeared in Paramount Pictures' Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023). He appeared in the Netflix original movie The Gray Man (2022) and lent his voice to two podcast episodes of The Sandman: Act II (2022), an audio book adaptation by Neil Gaiman. In addition to his work in Bridgerton (2020), Page has been involved in other projects. He received nominations for awards, including the Emmy Awards (2021), and won prizes at the NAACP Image Awards (2021) and the MTV Movie & TV Awards (2021). Page's performance in Bridgerton (2020) captured the attention of audiences worldwide. Before his breakout role in Bridgerton (2020), Page appeared in the miniseries Roots (2016) and the television series For The People (2018-2019). He gained recognition for his portrayal of Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, in the first season of Netflix drama series Bridgerton (2020). “Just like, Oh, this is a normal Tuesday, right? I was ubiquitously struck all around and spent most of my hard energy just trying to keep my off the floor.Regé-Jean Page is a British actor mostly known for his work in television. “I just had this utterly surreal experience of spending several hours on Zoom with literal Oscar winners like Olivia Colman, and Helena Bonham Carter, Anya Taylor-Joy,” Page said, still in awe. And if there’s champagne at the finish line, then great.”īefore Bridgerton bows on Christmas, Page takes one more fairy-tale turn-playing Prince Charming alongside an A-list cast on the BBC’s Christmas Eve fund-raising special Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime For Christmas. I put the blinkers on and do the thing, and get to the end. “I get very much like a race horse on the track. “I do my very best not to think about the effects of anything,” he said. Bridgerton marks his first leading role in a series-not that the actor is spending much time analyzing this milestone. Page’s breakout came four years ago with the History Channel’s Roots remake, where Page costarred as Chicken George. “So I dropped out of uni, ran away to go to drama school, did a little bit of telly, and continued doing that. It confuses people to no end.”) He discovered acting through Saturday school in England-which, the actor joked, “is a glorified day care for loud children.” He didn’t take it seriously until being introduced to the National Youth Theatre in the U.K. You’ll get Tracy Chapman one minute, thrash metal the next, and then Vivaldi. (“My iTunes is thoroughly, thoroughly splintered. He was a drummer for years, and continues to make music in his free time with his brother. The third of four kids, Page was drawn to the arts growing up. “We were talking about it, and then I was on the plane doing it, and then somewhere along the line, I was like, Oh, by the way, I’m back in the U.K.” Said the actor, “I’m a terrible, terrible child in that sense.’” “ Bridgerton happened so quickly,” said Page, who spent his primary-school years in Zimbabwe before moving back to the U.K. Ironically, it was an American production that brought Page back to England-not that his mother knew that immediately. I had a horrible man yell at me for an hour.” “They had me doing this whole Rocky situation,” said Page, whose handsome nobleman in the Shonda Rhimes–produced series is also a hobbyist boxer. Then there was the physical prep work required for shirtless scenes. “I think we found each other’s relationship mostly on the dance floor,” the actor said. “Plus the communication-how you address the queen, staff, your mates, and everyone in between.” There were extensive dance lessons, which Page and Phoebe Dynevor, who plays Simon’s romantic interest Daphne Bridgerton, found especially helpful. “How to bow and curtsy to various people,” Page explained to Vanity Fair on Monday. For British actor Regé-Jean Page, who sets hearts aflutter in Netflix’s new period drama Bridgerton as the dashing duke Simon Basset, the role of Regency dreamboat required serious preparation.įirst there was the “Regency bootcamp”-where Page and the series’ ensemble cast received a crash course on 19th-century etiquette.
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