Maia Mitchell has already worked with Hannah Dodd so what are the chances she could join her hit Netflix series Bridgerton?
“Oh my God, why not? I’ll ask Hannah. I’ll text her now,” Mitchell exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting season 2 of Hulu’s The Artful Dodger. “I don’t think my contract would allow me to work with Netflix right now on a show but maybe after we get done with The Artful Dodger.”
Mitchell noted that she currently has her “hands full” playing Lady Belle. She didn’t rule it out though considering the amount of seasons still yet to air.
Based on Julia Quinn’s book series, each season of Bridgerton focuses on a different member of the titular family as they attempt to find love in 19th-century London. The Netflix show is expected to have eight seasons based on the eight novels written by Quinn about each Bridgerton sibling.
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Dodd, for her part, plays Francesca and is expected to lead either season 5 or 6. Mitchell, meanwhile, just returned to Hulu after a lengthy hiatus between seasons.
“It was a long painstaking wait to hear [about a season 2], so we are very happy to be back,” Mitchell noted to Us. “In terms of jumping back into character, the break was good. It’s always nerve-wracking going back. But it’s so easy with our sets and in our costumes, you just really do melt right into the world. But the break was good because I would have needed that circuit break to find a different tone in her, to do some different prep. Especially with the dialect coaches, I was vocally dropping her a little lower and there was a slightly different physicality. Hopefully we get a season 3, and hopefully the break isn’t as long.”
Mitchell was thrilled at the chance to film a project in her native Australia.
“At the end of 2021, I had written a list of things I was manifesting. It was a job that was shot in Australia, a period drama and it was a woman who was playing a feminist and claiming her power. That is literally The Artful Dodger for me. So it is a dream job,” she gushed. “And to be able to work at home is fantastic. It’s less of a flight to visit family and our crew is so amazing. I’ve now shot a couple projects in Australia in the last few years, since I’ve moved home — and also overseas — and I can say for sure that it’s the best and most elevated work that I’ve been able to do.”
She concluded: “It’s because of the crew and everyone behind the camera and the cast. We have such immense talent here and I’m so excited that the world is becoming privy to it because we’ve known it. We’ve always made such fantastic shows but they have this Aussie tone with a gritty drama. Now we’re expanding that and we’ve got these massive period dramas with crazy budgets. It’s really fun to be a part of that kind of new moment in Aussie film and TV. So I couldn’t be more stoked and I would just work in Australia with Aussie crew for the rest of my career if I could. It’s the best.”
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Looking ahead, Mitchell expressed hope she would get to return to film more.
“There’s a lot [more story] to tell,” Mitchell shared. “It’s such a massive show with so many characters and so many plots happening all at once.”
The actress noted that there is “a lot of opportunity” for “way more character development” in the future, adding, “With Belle and Jack, it is seeing what domestic life could look like. I don’t know how they pull that off. I don’t see them ever being settled but seeing what that looks like and seeing them actualize their relationship.”
Bridgerton returns with the second part of season 4 on Thursday, February 26. The Artful Dodger is currently streaming on Hulu.
