Shonda Rhimes gets Julie Andrews to lend her voice to Netflix's Bridgerton series

Deadline

The Oscar-winning actress will voice the pivotal character of Lady Whistledown in the Untitled Bridgerton Project, an eight-episode Shondaland period drama set between 1813 and 1827 in the sexy, lavish and competitive world of Regency London high society. The series, from Scandal writer Chris Van Dusen, is based on author Julia Quinn's bestselling eight-book Bridgerton series. According to Deadline, "Andrews will lend her voice to Lady Whistledown. Anonymous to readers, this mysterious, sharp-tongued gossip writer uses a curious mix of social commentary and scathing insult to send the season of 1813’s ton into an all-out frenzy."