Just over a month after Polin finally found their happy ending, has already set its sights on its next leading man—and it’s none other than Luke Thompson’s charming, artistic, pansexual Benedict. Netflix made the announcement with a video which spliced together some of the second eldest brother’s best moments to date, before we see Thompson, dressed casually with a script in hand, opening the door of his hotel room. “I hear we’re fitting you for a suit,” he’s told.
“It’s for the masquerade ball.” He grins in response. Per the logline, “the fourth season of turns its focus to bohemian second son Benedict.
.. Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict is loath to settle down – until he meets a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball.
” Spearheaded by showrunner Jess Brownell and executive producer Shonda Rhimes, the upcoming eight-part installment will be based on the third book in Julia Quinn’s series, . (Fans had previously assumed that Season 3 would center on Benedict’s romance, but Penelope and Colin’s love story from the fourth novel, , was brought forward instead.) In the book, Benedict falls for Sophie Beckett, the daughter of an earl who’s been hidden away from the Ton and forced to work as a housemaid by her spiteful stepmother.
After Sophie sneaks into Lady Bridgerton’s annual masquerade ball, she and Benedict have a -meets- moment, with Benedict enchanted by the masked beauty. .