After his character marries Simone Ashley’s at the end of Bridgerton season 2, Bailey returns in season 3 (alongside Ashley as Kate, of course). However, the fan-favorite couple doesn’t appear as much as some would have liked in the episodes. Instead, Anthony and Kate are regulated to background characters. Unfortunately, it seems as if the same thing might happen in Bridgerton season 4.
Jonathan Bailey Finishing Bridgerton Filming Supports Anthony Having A Reduced Role Again
Bailey Has Already Wrapped On Bridgerton Season 4
During an interview with Vogue in December 2024, Jonathan Bailey revealed that he has already finished filming his Bridgerton season 4 scenes. Given that the cast and crew began production on the new season in September 2024 and will reportedly finish by the spring of 2025, Bailey’s news is worrisome. A few months remain before Bridgerton season 4 is supposed to wrap filming altogether, but Bailey is already done. Consequently, the actor’s update suggests that his character doesn’t have a big role in the upcoming episodes of the Netflix historical romance series.
Bailey’s career is on the rise in 2024. Of course, he first gained wide recognition with his role as Anthony in Bridgerton on Netflix, which debuted in 2020. However, Bailey’s recent roles in the Showtime miniseries Fellow Travelers and the widely popular and critically acclaimed musical film Wicked have completely thrust the actor into the spotlight.
If Anthony truly has a reduced role in Bridgerton season 4, similar to his limited screen time in season 3, that would be quite disappointing.
In 2025, Bailey is set to star in the next Jurassic Park movie and reprise his role as Fiyero in Wicked: For Good. So, to say he is busy is an understatement. Bailey’s schedule might have played a factor in him wrapping Bridgerton season 4 alarmingly early — whether that means they decided to shoot all of Anthony’s scenes right away to accommodate Bailey or Anthony simply has a reduced role and the actor didn’t have many scenes to film.
Bridgerton Needs Kate & Anthony To Have A Bigger Role
Kate & Anthony Are Supposed To Be Running The Bridgerton Household
If Anthony truly has a reduced role in Bridgerton season 4, similar to his limited screen time in season 3, that would be quite disappointing. He and Kate and the Viscount and Viscountess of the Bridgerton household. They are supposed to be running it by now, but Anthony and Kate have been pushed to the background (despite their importance to the Bridgerton family and the TV series).
Bridgerton Season 4 Cast
Role
Luke Thompson
Benedict Bridgerton
Yerin Ha
Sophie Baek
Golda Rosheuvel
Queen Charlotte
Jonathan Bailey
Anthony Bridgerton
Simone Ashley
Kate Bridgerton
Adjoa Andoh
Lady Danbury
Claudia Jessie
Eloise Bridgerton
Luke Newton
Colin Bridgerton
Hannah Dodd
Francesca Bridgerton
Ruth Gemmell
Violet Bridgerton
Nicola Coughlan
Penelope Bridgerton
Florence Hunt
Hyacinth Bridgerton
Will Tilston
Gregory Bridgerton
Polly Walker
Portia Featherington
Jessica Madsen
Cressida Cowper
Martins Imhangbe
Will Mondrich
Emma Naomi
Alice Mondrich
Victor Alli
John Stirling
Masali Baduza
Michaela Stirling
Daniel Francis
Lord Marcus Anderson
Julie Andrews
Lady Whistledown (voice)
Katie Leung
Lady Araminta Gun
Michelle Mao
Rosamund Li
Isabella Wei
Posy Li
Hugh Sachs
Brimsley
Anthony and Kate’s reduced roles in Bridgerton season 3 were already frustrating. So, one would hope that the couple would return from their trip to India (with their newborn baby) by the time season 4 premieres and have a more significant presence in the episodes. Sadly, that likely won’t be the case, based on Bailey’s Bridgerton filming update.
