Bridgerton fans are losing their minds over six-minute sex scene
Bridgerton fans have been losing their minds over the longest sex scene in the period dramaâs history.
An intimate scene in part two of the third series, which landed on Netflix on 13 June, lasts for a total of six minutes.
The scene in question sees Nicola Coughlanâs Penelope Featherington and Luke Newtonâs Colin Bridgerton get down to it on a chaise longue â which actually broke on set while the sequence was being filmed.
Coughlan had teased the scene in interviews ahead of the episodeâs release, and one viewer posted on X saying: âNicola Coughlan did not lie. This was truly the BEST sex scene of the Bridgerton universe and just like Penelope I too was left wanting more of it.â
Another fan wrote: âNicola breaking the chaise lounge while shooting a sex scene for Bridgerton is icon behaviour.â
Even the panelists on US show The View were obsessed. Sunny Hostin called the moment âbeautiful,â and gave kudos that Colin asked Penelope for her consent.
Sara Haines added that just watching the show gives her a strong feeling.
âThe sensual nature in how the build-up is, it takes me places just watching it,â she said. âI canât be alone!â
Laughing, Joy Behar announced: âThis is one horny panel.â
But not everyone was keen. Some people on social media shared their awkward experiences of watching the scene on public transport or with their parents. âThe Colin Penelope sex scene is so awkward,â wrote one viewer. âNOT GIVING AT ALL AND ITâS SO UNNECESSARILY LONG.â
BBC drama Normal People and Billie Piperâs Sky show I Hate Suzie are other series that have aired extremely long sex scenes. Piperâs character Suzieâs masturbation scene lasted a full seven minutes and four seconds. And in Normal People, thereâs a scene between Daisy Edgar Jones and Paul Mescal that goes on for 10 minutes â though some of that is flashback moments.
Coughlan has been praised for her response to some fansâ reactions to her nude scenes in Bridgerton.
The actor, 37, addressed a remark about her body during a recent screening of Bridgerton season three, part two, at the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin, Ireland.
During a Q&A session at the screening, one fan told her she was âvery braveâ for filming nude scenes in season three of the Regency-era drama.
In response to the fanâs remark, Coughlan had a bit of fun, saying: âYou know, it is hard, âcause I think women with my body type, women with perfect breasts⊠We do not get to see ourselves onscreen enough,â she quipped/
She added: âI am a proud member of the perfect breasts community, and I hope you enjoy seeing them.â