Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan on Weight Loss, Plus Size Body Positivity

Nicola Coughlan It would not need the ton buzzing about its look.

The Bridgerton actress, who stars as Penelope on the Netflix present, defined that she has no need to speak about her physique or her weight reduction.

“The thing I say sometimes that pisses people off is, ‘I have no interest in body positivity,'” she informed elle in an interview revealed March 4. “When I was a kid growing up, I never thought about that. I didn’t look at actors and think about their bodies. So, I actually don’t care.”

“There’s a lot of things I’m passionate about, it’s not one of them,” Coughlan continued. “That’s someone else’s thing. It’s not mine.”

In truth, the 39-year-old was appalled to see the commentary about her physique when she appeared in intercourse scenes with costar luke newton (who performs Colin Bridgerton) in season three.

“What was really bizarre was, when I was shooting that series, I was exercising a lot because I knew I had to, so I had lost a bunch of weight—I was probably a size 10 and one of the corsets was a size 8,” she famous. “And then people talked about how I was plus-sized and I was like, ‘How f–ked are we that I am the biggest woman you want to see on screen?'”