{"id":92118,"date":"2026-05-07T06:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/other-bennet-sisters-donal-finn-on-jonathan-bailey-comparison\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T06:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:12:22","slug":"other-bennet-sisters-donal-finn-on-jonathan-bailey-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/other-bennet-sisters-donal-finn-on-jonathan-bailey-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Bennet Sister’s Donal Finn on Jonathan Bailey Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Other Bennet Sister<\/em>\u2018s D\u00f3nal Finn<\/strong> is joining the ranks of other iconic fictional regency men who yearn \u2014 including Bridgerton<\/em>\u2018s Jonathan Bailey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Finn, 39, spoke exclusively to Us Weekly<\/em> about TV fans who have compared his character, Mr. Tom Hayward, to Bailey\u2019s Anthony Bridgerton, joking, \u201cI hadn\u2019t heard of the Bridgerton<\/em> school of yearning but I should enroll.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite not being familiar with season 2 of Bridgerton<\/em>, Finn has been a big fan of Bailey\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love Jonathan Bailey. He is a pretty inspiring man \u2014 and pretty easy man to fall in love with after I watched Wicked,\u201d he told Us, referring to Bailey\u2019s role as Prince Fiyero. \u201cI have to confess I haven\u2019t watched Bridgerton so I haven\u2019t been to the school of yearning yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span>No One Has a More Iconic Yearning Look Than Wicked’s Jonathan Bailey<\/span>
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\n\t\t\tJonathan Bailey has earned himself a reputation because of his onscreen ability to perfectly play a man in love. Before becoming a consistent fixture on Us Weekly\u2018s TV screens, Bailey started his acting career as a child star on the West End. He later transitioned to more mature roles such as Leonardo, Broadchurch, Crashing and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Finn continued: \u201cGiven that we have finished this project, I will probably need to fill that void with another Regency show. So maybe I will now get around to watching Bridgerton.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based on Julia Quinn<\/strong>\u2018s book series, the show follows a different sibling from the Bridgerton family in every season on their journey to find love in the Regency era. Season 2 adapted The Viscount Who Loved Me<\/em>, which followed Anthony Bridgerton (Bailey) finding love with Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley<\/strong>) to resounding success.<\/p>\n

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The Other Bennet Sister<\/em>, meanwhile, is based on the novel by Janice Hadlow<\/strong> which follows the events from Pride and Prejudice<\/em> from Mary Bennet\u2019s (Ella Bruccoleri<\/strong>) point of view. The story then departs from that to follow Mary as she travels to London and the Lake District and the overlooked sister from the big Bennet family has a romantic adventure in Regency England.<\/p>\n

In addition to Bruccoleri, The Other Bennet Sister<\/em> stars Ruth Jones, Richard E. Grant, Indira Varma, Richard Coyle, R\u00f3is\u00edn Bhalla, Reggie Absolom<\/strong> and Jasmine Sharp. Laurie Davidson<\/strong> and Finn play Bruccoleri\u2019s love interests while Varada Sethu, Aaron Gill<\/strong> and Maddie Close<\/strong> also appear on the show.<\/p>\n

After premiering in the U.K. in March, The Other Bennet Sister<\/em> became an overnight success due to clips going viral on social media. Romance fans in the U.S. have been awaiting The Other Bennet Sister<\/em>\u2018s arrival on BritBox, with the first three episodes premiering on Wednesday, May 6.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully [viewers] fall in love with an awful lot of people on the show. I read the scripts and I knew that there was humor in there \u2014 as well as lots of sincerity,\u201d Finn gushed to Us<\/em>. \u201cBut it wasn\u2019t until I got on a Zoom and I met Ella and we started doing these scenes that I totally understood the tone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/span>Meet ‘The Other Bennet Sister’ Love Triangle Cast: From Mary to Tom Hayward<\/span>
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\n\t\t\tBritBox\u2019s The Other Bennet Sister is already taking the internet by storm but who makes up the Regency show\u2019s steamy love triangle? Based on the novel by Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister follows the events from Pride and Prejudice from Mary Bennet\u2019s (Ella Bruccoleri) point of view. The story then departs from that to [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Finn praised his onscreen scene partner, adding, \u201cShe just made the whole piece just sing. I got such an immediately clear picture of who Mary Bennet was. And she\u2019s obviously the lead of this and has this ability to work with so much enthusiasm every day. She\u2019s also the most prepared person and has so much generosity to the other actors, the crew and is making sure that everyone is having fun and being looked after.\u201d<\/p>\n

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