This post contains details from Season 3, Part 1 ofNetflixsBridgerton.
Book readers will know John from the sixth novel in Julia Quinns series,When He Was Wicked.
No spoilers here, but there are below.
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Part 2 ofBridgertonSeason 3 debuts on June 13.
How long have you been keeping that secret?
VICTOR ALLI:Oh, gosh, close to two years.
DEADLINE: I cant imagine how youd even go about that.
I dont know how they did it, but they managed to take pictures of us on set.
Then this picture went around and made its way on different blogs and posts and people found me.
I was getting all these messages from Brazil.
I was like, Oh my gosh.
What do I do?
I sort of told like, really, really close family and really close friends.
I was like, No.
She literally showed me the picture of myself.
And I was like, That is not me.
I dont know who that is.
But Id love to do a show like that.
On Friday, she actually messaged me, like Oh, my gosh, you lied!
I was like, Im so sorry.
DEADLINE: John and Francesca have a bit of a quieter love story than some of the otherBridgertoncouples.
How did you and Hannah go about crafting that story together?
I think its quite nice to play something quite different and alternative.
Weve got to explore the different ways in which connections can be made without ripping each others clothes off.
It was quite nice as an actor.
Its a great challenge to connect with another actor without actually saying words.
It just made it even more exciting, because theres so much more to say.
Theres so many emotions Im feeling, and Im not stifling it.
Its more just allowing the silence to guide us, in a way.
Working with Hannah was amazing.
We bounced off each others different ideas, and it was real joy.
I want to decide that he is the latter.
He doesnt want to follow the rules.
He knows them, but doesnt want to do them.
So I love that.
He knows what he wants, and hes really definite.
Hes not afraid to pursue and go after Francesca.
But on the other hand, it is quite weird, because he is quite shy.
There are definitely different levels to John in different intimate parameters.
How much about his fate did you know when you got the role?
ALLI:I had no idea.
I didnt know who I was auditioning for.
I think the sides said James or something, a different name.
So everythings quite hush hush.
I didnt know if he was a book character.
So I just Googled his name.
A book came up,When He Was Wicked.
And I was like, Oh, hes in the book.
So I read some of that a day before the audition.
Then saw that he died.
And Im like, No!
Which is quite sad.
Im quite glad that I didnt know a lot about it.
I really enjoyed that.
DEADLINE: So then once you know that, then you have to compartmentalize it.
ALLI:It was literally just compartmentalizing.
You give your best go on set, you do the work.
The writers did such a good job.
I dont know what theyre planning for next season.
But I know that its going to be incredible.
Im looking forward to it.
DEADLINE: What can audiences expect from Part 2, at least from John and Francesca?
ALLI:I think we can expect them to come out of their shells a bit.
John starts to be acquainted with more people, more of the family.
He has no choice but to be more bold and declare his love.
