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Luke Thompson in Bridgerton 4.

Luke Thompson in Bridgerton 4.

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Eleanor Stanford

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LONDON – People tend to frown when Luke Thompson compares Bridgerton (2020 to present) with Shakespeare.

But the 37-year-old British actor, who leads the latest season of Netflix’s blockbuster romance series and has been performing Shakespeare’s plays for more than a decade, was resolute in an interview at a London hotel.

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