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- Fans are sending steamy audition tapes to land roles on "Bridgerton."
- "I get the most unbelievable videos, unsolicited," says casting director Kelly Valentine Hendry.
- All three seasons of "Bridgerton" are among Netflix's top 10 most popular titles.
"Bridgerton" has had its fair share of sexy romance scenes, and it looks like fans want in on the action.
Fans of the hit Netflix series have been sending in steamy audition tapes, Kelly Valentine Hendry, the show's casting director, shared on Sunday's episode of the "Should I Delete That?" podcast.
"I get the most unbelievable videos, unsolicited," Hendry said. "It's sex, basically. Not actual sex, but it's quite punchy the stuff that comes through to me," Hendry told podcast hosts Alex Light and Em Clarkson.
"Not nude pictures, but not far off," Hendry added.
Hendry also shared that she often has to delete emails from her inbox because it's always at "90% capacity" every day.
It's not surprising that fans would try to send in their own racy clips, considering the show is known for its steamy shots — including the carriage scene, the mirror scene, and the over 5½ -minute-long chaise lounge scene.
In May, "Bridgerton" star Nicola Coughlan told Stylist magazine she asked to be "very naked on camera" in one of her explicit scenes in season three in response to getting body-shamed by viewers.
"It just felt like the biggest 'fuck you' to all the conversation surrounding my body; it was amazingly empowering," Coughlan said.
All three seasons of "Bridgerton" are also among Netflix's top 10 most popular titles of all time, as of June 30. Season three — the latest season — is at number 10 with a cumulative 91.9 million views. This total was calculated 45 days after the first four episodes premiered on May 16, which means that the series has the potential to rack up even more views.
The "Bridgerton" series also has a large impact on the wider cultural landscape, sparking a renewed interest in the Regency era.
However, the hotly-anticipated season four of the show will likely only arrive in 2026, showrunner Jess Brownell told The Hollywood Reporter in June.