Rege-Jean Page has joined the cast of Black Bag.
The actor will feature alongside Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett in the thriller from Magic Mike helmer Steven Soderbergh.
Plot details are yet to be revealed but the script has been written by David Koepp with Casey Silver and Greg Jacobs producing the film.
Page earned heartthrob status for his role as the Duke of Hastings in the first season of the raunchy Netflix period drama “Bridgerton.” He explained that he found it “weird” to acclimate to the reality of fame.
“It was a very weird inversion. The set used to be, like, the extraordinary place. Like I’d go on the set, and that’d be the place where like dreams happen. Everything was odd, and I got to play Hollywood … Then you go home, and you sit the coffee shops, and life’s normal,” he said during an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”
“[The] ‘Bridgerton‘ set was where people treated me normally, and I just went to work … I kind of had interactions with my workmates, and the public became the performance space because that’s where I’m being watched all day long,” Page observed.
“So it was a very, very odd flip that happened. I’m still kind of learning how to navigate kind of with grace, because you want to meet people … and want to share in the joy that you give people. That’s the reason you do the job,” the Dungeons & Dragons star continued.
“Bridgerton” proved to be a hit during the coronavirus pandemic, and Page thinks it was so successful as it offered “communal escapism” during tough times.
“On TV, there is a shared aspect to that thing you make,” he said.
“The reason ‘Bridgerton’ was such a sensation is that there was something that gave us a sense of community, [of] communal escapism, when we’re all kind of trapped in our own little bubbles. I think that that’s something very special and something to be treated with care and with gratitude,” Page added.
