Luke Newton has opened up about shooting intimate scenes with his co-star Nicola Coughlan as they prepare to take on the lead roles in Bridgerton series three.

The actor, 31, plays the third eldest Bridgerton son, Colin, in the wildly popular Netflix hit, which returns with part one of its new series on May 3.

The third series will follow his blossoming romance with Penelope Featherington [Nicola Coughlan] as they navigate turning from friends to lovers.

Opening up on how they dealt with working on sex scenes after years as friends, Luke told High Life, British Airways‘ magazine, that it was a ‘breeze’.

Luke explained: ‘Looking back, it was a breeze. She’s my friend, so we just giggle about it. There are those moments when you come out of your body and go, “Oh, millions of people will see this.” But then I’ve been an actor for many years now. People have seen my performance on stage and other shows, so you feel confident.’

Luke Newton has opened up about shooting intimate scenes with his co-star Nicola Coughlan as they prepare to take on the lead roles in Bridgerton series three

The actor, 31, plays the third eldest Bridgerton son, Colin, in the wildly popular Netflix hit, which returns with part one of its new series on May 3

The third series will follow his blossoming romance with Penelope Featherington [Nicola Coughlan] as they navigate turning from friends to lovers

Discussing his close friendship with Nicola, 37, and how they’d spend time in between scenes, Luke revealed they would enjoy morning singalongs.

He said: ‘We’d always get ready in the makeup trailer together so we’d be sharing playlists.’

Popular choices for the pair apparently included Beyoncé, The 1975 and Shania Twain‘s Man I Feel Like A Woman.

During the chat, Luke also revealed the one thing he has to do before filming a scene, which he said has become a ‘reset moment’.

Revealing that he has to brush his teeth before filming, he said: ‘It’s so random when they call me to travel to set and must be so frustrating for the assistant directors,’ he laughs. ‘But it’s a reset moment.’

Alongside the interview, Luke posed for a stylish photoshoot at Cliveden House, in Buckinghamshire, which was reminiscent of the Bridgerton set.

Luke posed in a series of eye-catching looks, including a pale green shirt and red shorts combo, which he styled with a cropped beige trench coat.

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Alongside the interview, Luke posed for a stylish photoshoot at Cliveden House, in Buckinghamshire, which was reminiscent of the Bridgerton set

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He also modelled a red striped fuzzy jumper with a pair of distressed white shorts while standing in the grand grounds of Cliveden

The eagerly-anticipated new season of the show will feature the actress, 37, getting hot and heavy with her love interest Colin

He also modelled a red striped fuzzy jumper with a pair of distressed white shorts while standing in the grand grounds of Cliveden.

Luke later swapped into a mustard shirt and yellow jumper, which he wore with trendy cropped jeans and a pair of chunky back boots.

It comes after Nicola confirmed that she and co-star Luke got ‘so comfortable’ that they would lounge together naked in between filming sex scenes.

The eagerly-anticipated new season will feature the actress getting hot and heavy with her love interest Colin.

Nicola has already teased that series three will be even raunchier than the previous two, which became famous for their racy moments.

But despite admitting she was initially nervous about having her own intimate scenes, the Derry Girls star has gushed that she and Luke got to the point where they were able to relax, even while nude.

Nicola appeared on the cover of the April issue of Teen Vogue, looking resplendent in a sparkly off-the-shoulder gown.

Luke later swapped into a mustard shirt and yellow jumper, which he wore with trendy cropped jeans and a pair of chunky back boots

Luke posed in a series of eye-catching looks, including a pale green shirt and red shorts combo, which he styled with a cropped beige trench coat

Speaking to the publication, she was asked about the veracity of her and Luke’s previous comments about their comfortability on set.

In February, the pair had spoken to AP about the show’s sex scenes, with Nicola saying: ‘There is such vulnerability in those scenes and it’s also a really important part of the story – they’re an important part of the narrative.

‘But [Luke] made me feel really taken care of. Like we really had each other’s backs and also then we could just have a laugh about it. Like to the point that we were just lying under a blanket being like “We’re actually chill now.”‘

Luke laughed and echoed: ‘Yeah halfway through the day you just relax and you’re like “I don’t even care that I’m naked”.’

Nicola added: ‘We were having the best time. They were like do you want to get up and we were like “No, no, I’m fine. I’m comfy”.’

Speaking to Teen Vogue, Nicola confirmed: ‘Yeah, so it’s really funny. That is true.

‘It is a testament to the fact that we just got to a point where we were so comfortable together. We’d just finished the big sex scene, the most intense and involved one…. and we just felt relieved.’

She added that logistically it also made sense to only be clad in a tiny amount of ‘not of even real clothes’ so they could get back to work straight away.

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