‘Bridgerton’ Season 3’s New Showrunner on Penelope, Colin, and Sex Scenes With a Purpose

In 2008, a nervous assistant was asked to act opposite three of TV’s biggest stars. “I remember looking around the room and there was McDreamy [Patrick Dempsey] and McSteamy [Eric Dane] and Ellen Pompeo,” that anxiety-ridden aide now recalls. “I turned bright red and my heart was beating so fast before my line, my one line, to the point that the guy sitting next to me said, ‘I thought you were going to pass out.’ So I’ve come a long way,” she tells Vanity Fair with a laugh. More than...