![Suitors and ties](https://cdn.magzter.com/1652198491/1715883454/articles/EnwwFkYTB1716816120648/SUITORS-AND-TIES.jpg)
In Victor Alli, Netflix’s Bridgerton finally finds its John Stirling, a long-anticipated character from the book series by Julia Quinn. Although the rest of Bridgerton’s third season focuses on the events covered in the third novel, Romancing Mr Bridgerton, and introduces us to the wider world of the titular family, Stirling comes from the sixth instalment, When He Was Wicked. “It was really nerve-wracking,” Alli tells Rolling Stone UK, as he discusses joining the show as the love interest of Francesca (played by Hannah Dodd). He also touches on acting without dialogue and the enduring importance of grand gestures.
Welcome to Bridgerton! What was it like to join the cast of such an internationally beloved show?
この記事は Rolling Stone UK の June/July 2024 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
すでに購読者です ? サインイン
この記事は Rolling Stone UK の June/July 2024 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
すでに購読者です? サインイン
![Suitors and ties](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/26935/1701392/EnwwFkYTB1716816120648/SUITORS-AND-TIES.jpg)
Suitors and ties
Bridgerton's newest beau Victor Alli on joining the hit Netflix adaptation as the third season begins
![Fran Healy](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/26935/1701392/DoxjLNdr01716815923646/FRAN-HEALY.jpg)
Fran Healy
Travis’s lead singer on living in Los Angeles — the inspiration behind the band’s forthcoming album L.A. Times — streetfights with strangers and the unifying power of music
![THE GREAT GADSBY](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/26935/1701392/gCKkdlb4j1716815389153/THE-GREAT-GADSBY.jpg)
THE GREAT GADSBY
Comedy's enfant terrible Hannah Gadsby is relishing their anti-hero era
!["I HAD TO GET OUT OF THIS DOOM HOLE"](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/26935/1701392/oVDGlkyGJ1716815085450/I-HAD-TO-GET-OUT-OF-THIS-DOOM-HOLE.jpg)
"I HAD TO GET OUT OF THIS DOOM HOLE"
After breaking every record imaginable with mega-hit 'Heat Waves', Glass Animals' Dave Bayley came back down to earth with a bump. Fourth album I Love You So F***ing Much sees him sift through the existential wreckage and focus on the fundamentals
![SHABAKA'S NEW CALLING](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/26935/1701392/9q2XbkJtp1716814683690/SHABAKAS-NEW-CALLING.jpg)
SHABAKA'S NEW CALLING
“If I was still playing the sax, it’d be so easy,” the former Sons of Kemet and The Comet is Coming bandleader Shabaka Hutchings admits. On stunning debut album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, he turns to the flute and follows a spiritual compulsion to take a new path
![GROWING PAINS AND HAPPY ENDINGS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/26935/1701392/9ur_TeUSb1716814458032/GROWING-PAINS-AND-HAPPY-ENDINGS.jpg)
GROWING PAINS AND HAPPY ENDINGS
OPENING HER HEART IN HER MUSIC HAS HELPED NELL MESCAL BUILD A DEDICATED FANBASE, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR HOPE TOO, THE 21-YEAR-OLD REVEALS, AS SHE RELEASES HER DEBUT EP
![Star Rising](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/26935/1701392/vKYp0JH4j1716814030280/STAR-RISING.jpg)
Star Rising
Currently starring in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Freya Allan broke through playing a princess in TV series The Witcher. But this 22-year-old has her feet firmly on the ground as she sets her sights on the future
![The new Doctor Who is in!](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/26935/1701392/jUauSYDq-1716813787805/THE-NEW-DOCTOR-WHO-IS-IN.jpg)
The new Doctor Who is in!
How Ncuti Gatwa went from TV queer idol to making history on the iconic sci-fi show
![Toni Sancho's manifesto of hope](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/26935/1701392/vyky1hNwk1716813636000/TONI-SANCHOS-MANIFESTO-OF-HOPE.jpg)
Toni Sancho's manifesto of hope
The London-viaTrinidad singer discusses the power of music in helping her move past depression and uplift others
![Making it up as they go along](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/26935/1701392/2z78P4JXr1716813442588/MAKING-IT-UP-AS-THEY-GO-ALONG.jpg)
Making it up as they go along
Yeti funerals, big-name producers and a fiercely DIY ethic: we meet Mary in the Junkyard, the band making some of the best new rock music in the UK right now