Bridgerton 's Lord Debling actor Sam Phillips, 40, has recounted an embarrassing mishap from filming Netflix 's hit series with co-star Nicola Coughlan , who plays Penelope Featherington. The captivating storyline in the first half of the show's season 3 sees Lord Debling being one of the top suitors for Penelope's affections, as the couple court at numerous social events. Audiences will recall the dramatic and comical scene where Lord Debling heroically saves Penelope from a rogue hot air balloon.
In a captivating sequence, Debling leaps to shield his ladylove from danger while her other admirer Colin Bridgerton ( Luke Newton ) anchors the ballooning mass coming towards her. READ MORE: Richard Osman sets the record straight as Netflix shares first look at The Thursday Murder Club cast READ MORE: Normal People star Daisy Edgar-Jones teases 'revisiting' BBC role Regardless of the romantic sentiment of the scene, Sam has since revealed that shooting it was far from poetic. In conversation with the Australian TV broadcast The Project, alongside fellow performer Jessie Madsen who plays Cressida Cowper, he confessed the filming process to be "very unsmooth".
Narrating the event he stated: "I had to do a scene where I had to dive in for the hot air balloon scene. Most of the time I looked like I was getting her in a wrestling headlock." The star joked about the unexpected challenges during filming, saying: "We had to do it about six or seven times, maybe more.
I was just surprised .
