Jonathan Bailey First Auditioned to Play Simon
We don’t know about you but as far as we’re concerned, Regé-Jean Page was born to play Simon, Duke of Hastings. However, another actor was eyeing the same role before him. We’re talking about none other than Jonathan Bailey. Apparently, he auditioned for the role first.
After talking to the production company and Chris Van Dusen about family and men and women in society though, Dusen thought he would be perfect to play the part of Anthony. They sent him the scripts to read and the rest as you know…is history. We can’t really complain because now we have both Pade and Bailey to swoon over.