Bridgerton's 最新の 主要な man Luke Newton, who plays dashing Colin in the Netflix series and once 時代遅れの the sister of a Love Island 星／主役にする, has seen his career 急に上がる since he 溝へはまらせる／不時着するd 'cougar-loving' pop flop to 焦点（を合わせる） on 事実上の／代理

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The first and second 一連の Bridgerton, Netflix's resolutely steamy period 演劇, made instant heartthrobs of its 主要な men;?Rege-ジーンズ Page?won hearts - and loins - as the Duke of Hastings, while?Jonathan Bailey 支持を得ようと努めるd as Anthony Viscount Bridgerton.

As 予期 開始するs for the third series - the first four episodes are 抑えるのをやめるd on May 16th followed by the final four on June 13th, Colin Bridgerton, played by 31-year-old boy 禁止（する）d 星／主役にする-turned-actor Luke Newton, is the 最新の aristo to move into the スポットライト and get pulses racing.

Fans of the show are already familiar with dashing cad Colin; one of the eight Bridgerton siblings wreaking havoc in 19th century high society who was a 正規の／正選手 in series one and two.??

Nicola teased what fans can 推定する／予想する from the sex scenes, telling Entertainment 週刊誌: 'We did break a piece of furniture while doing one scene. It's a little bit like a stunt in which they're like, 'Okay, we're gonna do this, this, and this'

Newton 初めは auditioned for the part of the Duke, losing out to?Rege-ジーンズ Page...?but it looks like season three is finally his time to 向こうずね, as Colin's racy love life, 含むing an 現在進行中の romance with Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) will serve as this season's major 陰謀（を企てる） thread.?

Season three will be based on the fourth 調書をとる／予約する in the series, called Romancing Mister Bridgerton, and will follow the budding romance between Penelope and Colin.

The 地位，任命する-Bridgerton path? It almost always leads to Hollywood, with Page and Jonathan Bailey both enjoying stellar career 適切な時期s since hanging up their britches.?

最近の months have seen Newton, who 現在／一般に has 1.2million fans on Instagram, looking 特に dapper, 明らかに ready for his higher profile.?

Looking dapper: Luke pictured at the?GQ Men of the Year Awards in November; the 星／主役にする is likely to become hot 所有物／資産／財産 after taking the lead 役割 in the 近づいている 最新の 一連の Bridgerton

Here we go again: The third 一連の Bridgerton, 公表／放送 next month, will once again revisit the fictional 19th century Bridgerton family, with Luke Newton taking on a central 役割 this time around as Colin Bridgerton (second from left)

Rumours that this will be the raciest season of the show to date - which, if you've watched the first two, takes some doing - also 示唆する that many of the steamiest scenes will 伴う／関わる Newton's character.?

テレビ視聴者s should を締める for menage a trois and dalliances with ladies of the night all on the period 演劇 menu.

For Newton, the 主要な 役割 in such a high profile series is the culmination of a career that began in his teens - and has seen its highs and lows.?

The actor has been open about his childhood diagnosis of ADHD?and dyslexia, 述べるing learning scripts as 'his worst nightmare', and the path to fame began with a boy 禁止（する）d flop.?

Here, FEMAIL looks at Newton's career and family life...?

EARLY CAREER: A BOYBAND FLOP AND A ROLE IN DISNEY'S ANSWER TO HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

In 2012, 'Sussex’s answer to One Direction' 開始する，打ち上げるd, with Newton's pop career looking 約束ing when the 禁止（する）d 調印するd a £1million 記録，記録的な／記録する 取引，協定...however, four years later the 攻撃する，衝突するs hadn't turned up and the 禁止（する）d 分裂（する）

Disney's The 宿泊する, which 空気／公表するd in 2016, was 法案d as the UK's 見解／翻訳／版 of High School Musical - and saw Luke 星／主役にする as Ben Evans (Pictured 底（に届く） 列／漕ぐ／騒動, second from left)

With the strapline 'Four lads in desperate need of some Cougar attention', the cards were already on the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する for boyband South 4.?

Luke's first foray with fame had looked 約束ing, the quartet 調印するd a £1million 記録，記録的な／記録する 取引，協定 in 2012 and they were 法案d as 'Sussex’s answer to One Direction'.

However, in spite of plenty of promo - 含むing the boys stripping off with just a union jack to cover their modesty, the pop 攻撃する，衝突するs didn't materialise and the 禁止（する）d 分裂（する） in 2016.??

Fresh-直面するd: Newton starred as Ben Evans in the 2016 Disney Channel musical series, which ran until 2017

It was onwards and 上向きs for Newton though, he was quickly cast in Britain's answer to High School Musical.?

Disney show The 宿泊する, which featured nine 初めの 跡をつけるs, was?filmed in Northern Ireland and starred young actors from across the British 小島s.?

Although the couple didn't go public, it's thought that Newton 時代遅れの co-星／主役にする Sophie Simnett, who played Skye in the series for two years.?

A theatre 役割, in West End 攻撃する，衝突する The 調書をとる／予約する of Mormon followed, と一緒に more TV 役割s, with Newton starring in teen 演劇 The 削減（する） on BBC2 and two episodes of BBC soap Doctors, before Bridgerton （機の）カム calling in 2020.??

DATING LIFE: A BREAK UP WITH JADE LOUISE DAVIES AND A PROFILE ON RAYA

Although neither 確認するd the 関係, Luke is said to have enjoyed a two-year romance while in his 早期に twenties with his The 宿泊する co-星／主役にする?Sophie Simnett

After dating West End 星／主役にする Jade Louise Davies for four years, the couple, pictured at the Bridgerton Season 2 首相, 分裂（する） last year??

Luke's ex Jade is the older sister of Love Island 勝利者 turned West End 星／主役にする Amber Davies

After 報道によれば romancing his The 宿泊する co-星／主役にする?Sophie Simnett, Newton began dating West End 星／主役にする Jade Louise Davies, sister of Love Island 星／主役にする Amber in 2019.??

Theatre actress Jade has trodden the boards in prestigious 生産／産物s like Les 哀れなs and Phantom Of The オペラ and was also a member of the choir?The Welsh Of The West End which appeared on Britain's Got Talent.?

The couple were a 正規の／正選手 fixture at the Bridgerton 首相s...with Jade fully supportive of her beau when he landed a bigger 役割 in the 近づいている third 一連の Bridgerton.?

Supportive: Jade had frequently 地位，任命するd about her beau on social マスコミ?

The couple 時代遅れの for four years, before splitting in 早期に 2023

She 地位，任命するd a ビデオ on Instagram of the pair kissing, 令状ing: 'It’s your time. And no one deserves it more. I’ll be with you every step of the way.'

However, the talented couple are thought to have gone their separate ways 早期に last year.?Speaking to The Sun, a source said: 'Luke and Jade drifted apart as they could not find time in their busy schedules to 投資する in their 関係.'

Ahead of his big moment, the Netflix 星／主役にする appears 選び出す／独身 and 堅固に 焦点（を合わせる）d on his 事実上の／代理 career - although there was 憶測 that a profile for the actor had been spotted on?celebrity dating app?Raya.

FAMILY LIFE AND A COVID TRAGEDY?

Newton remains の近くに to his parents and younger sister, Lauren, who あられ／賞賛する from Sussex. In 2021, the 星／主役にする lost his grandfather Ken to Covid, に引き続いて a family Christmas together

Newton grew up in Shoreham on England's south coast, where he met his South 4 bandmates, and trained at the London School of Musical Theatre.?The 星／主役にする remains の近くに to his parents, who are 離婚d, and younger sister Lauren.?

In 2021, the family were left 荒廃させるd when Luke's grandfather died of Covid に引き続いて a festive 集会, in which many of the actor's family members fell ill with the ウイルス.?

Luke's mum Lucy told Sussex 表明する after fundraising in her father's memory that the family had enjoyed watching Luke playing Colin Bridgerton in the first episode of the series.?

BRIDGERTON BREAKTHROUGH?

Newton was cast as peripheral character Colin Bridgerton in the first 一連の the show, pictured with?Ruby Barker as Marina Thompson

Clinch: The period 演劇 romps are 始める，決める to 増加する in the 最新の series, with Colin Bridgerton juggling threesomes and dalliances with sex 労働者s in the series

After cutting his teeth in lower profile TV 演劇s, Bridgerton 証明するd Newton's big break.?Although he 初めは tried out for the part of?Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, he was given the 役割 of Colin, one of the eight Bridgerton siblings.?

The plum 役割 went to Rege-ジーンズ Page but Newton 明確に did enough to catch the 注目する，もくろむ of the show's 生産者s, and he's 始める，決める to be the biggest player, in every sense of the word, this series.?

The new season's 焦点（を合わせる） on Colin and Penelope is likely to?see Newton follow in the footsteps of Page, who 設立する 世界的な fame after his 主要な 役割.

Derry Girls 星／主役にする?Nicola Coughlan, who also featured in series one and two, will join Newton in the 厚い of the series three 活動／戦闘, playing Lady?Penelope Featherington

But it looks like Colin won't be 完全に faithful to his friend-turned-love Lady Penelope

Jonathan Bailey, lead man in series two, also saw his 星／主役にする rise will soon be seen opposite Ariana Grande in the film adaptation of Wicked.?

Much of the new season will 焦点（を合わせる） on the friends-to-lovers storyline of?Nicola Coughlan's Penelope Featherington and Newton's Colin.?

Nicola recently teased what fans can 推定する／予想する from the sex scenes, telling Entertainment 週刊誌: 'We did break a piece of furniture while doing one scene. It's a little bit like a stunt in which they're like, 'Okay, we're gonna do this, this, and this'.?

'But then they gave us freedom and we had a lot of say in how we did those scenes and what we 手配中の，お尋ね者 to do. That makes you feel やめる 権力を与えるd.

'So we felt 最高の. They were 現実に really enjoyable. I didn't think they would be. It was fun.'

It was 発表するd in 2021 that there would be a third and fourth 一連の Bridgerton に引き続いて the success of the first two. The show is based on the 一連の romantic novels by American author Julia Quinn.??

Jonathan Bailey will also reprise his 役割 as Anthony, Claudia Jessie is 支援する as Eloise, Luke Thompson as Benedict and Ruth Gemmell as Lady Violet Bridgerton.

Season three of Bridgerton 空気／公表するs on Netflix on May 16th?