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Bartlebees big break came in 2015sJupiter Ascending, where he playedthe role of Bee 506.
It wasnt until 2020sBridgertonthat he made his debut as a featured actor, finally flying solo.
Spoilers ahead forBridgertonseason two andThe Viscount Who Loved Me.
Lets start with the big story from season two: the expanded and reshaped role of the Bee.
This season, your character or should we say characters take a turn.
Youre playing both a killer bee and the Bee.
I was so engrossed in the story that I missed an incoming-storm alert and ran right into some hail.
The Bee inBridgertonis no mere drone.
I have to say,he got it, and he went even further in season two.
This bumblebee is a very important symbol & thematic element for us.
Yes its cute but its also backstory, history, HIERARCHY.
(Theres an essay in here somewhere.)
The fandom really swarmed.
We had remarkable cross-pollination.
Imagine, a honeybee!
And just as Anthony needed motivation, this killer bee required some development.
Im playing a dual role forBridgerton.
The Bee we see in 1813 and 1814 is a young rake in buff breeches, my main role.
Dover is located in which English county?
Napoleon almost invaded England with the help of bees?
Is there proof for this theory?Bartlebee: The signs have been there all along.
Imagine: no more divisions like chalk and cheese, just a unified land of milk and honey.
He planted his stinger with the aim of bringing Enlightenment scholars together.
So you believe Edmund Bridgerton was the victim of an assassination plot?
How would the bee have even known the murder plot would work?
It mentions that Edmunds brother Hugo died the same way.
Anthony stepped in at just 18 years of age to unknowingly save the nation.
Those scenes on the swing set between Eloise and Benedict?
What we didnt see was them swinging closer to the bosom of France.
In the book, that fateful sting sends the warring couple to the altar after theyre spotted and misunderstood.
I will say that you get one garden debauchery leading to marriage plot every four seasons, max.
Im proud of how the scene came out.
Its good for all hair types and even works on wings!
You clearly had an outsize impact on the roles of the killer bee and the Bee.
Youve developed these characters in ways few performers would.
But both bees were added in postproduction.
Ultimately, though, I couldnt become the bumblebee the producers needed despite my best efforts.
The lawyers and insurance people got together and barred me from the set, supposedly for my own protection.
Its a failure that haunts me.
I know its notmein the show, but Im in there, somewhere in the characters.
We too have a hierarchy, a demanding monarch, and a sense of inborn destiny.
I act at the pleasure of Her Majesty.
I could be recalled to the nest at any time.
If eight Bridgerton siblings can each get a season of falling in love, why not a bee?
