'Bridgerton' Star Simone Ashley Gave Herself A DIY Tattoo Using Prison Videos
By Kristin Myers on March 30, 2022 at 10:30 AM EDT
“Bridgerton” actress Simone Ashley did it all while she was stuck in L.A. during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in 2020.
In an interview with host Jimmy Kimmel on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Monday, she revealed that she “did all the regular stuff” one does during a pandemic, such as “making banana bread, tie-dying, all of that kind of stuff.”
Then, the 26-year-old actress revealed that “I thought it would be a good idea to get my own tattoo pen with the needle” and gave herself a DIY tattoo.
Simone Ashley Thought It Was A ‘Fab Idea’ To Tattoo Herself With A DIY Kit & A Deodorant Stick
The romantic lead of the Netflix period drama told host Kimmel, 54, that she “didn’t even need an ID” when she bought a DIY tattoo kit online and began searching the Internet for how to create a tattoo at home. In the search bar, she typed it “how to do a tattoo at home” and found a plethora of detailed information.
“I found this video and it was like, ‘Oh, I can use this deodorant stick,’ like as a chemical reaction on the transfer paper and all of the stuff,” she recalled. “And then it started getting a bit deep and I was like, ‘Oh, this guy’s using some really interesting stuff.’”
“Then I looked at the username and it was called ‘prisontattoo.com,’” she continued. “I looked at his videos and was like, ‘Wow, there is an inmate making videos in prison.’” But that didn’t stop her from trying to make one herself, saying she thought it was “a fab idea” at the time.
“I did it and I followed his instructions,” she said, boldly showing off the DIY sphinx tattoo that she constructed just above her ankle. She then revealed that “I’ve tattooed myself and castmates that I’ve worked with before.”
She didn’t name names, but now fans at home are wondering if there is anyone else on the “Bridgerton” set that received a tattoo from the leading lady! On-screen love interest Jonathan Bailey, perhaps?
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Ashley that she was told that she and Jonathan had to “hold back” on certain scenes because they were getting to be too hot and heavy!
Simone Ashley Reveals What It Was Really Like Working With 'Adorable' Jonathan Bailey
The show's second season focuses on the love match made by the eldest Bridgerton sibling, Viscount Anthony Bridgerton, who is portrayed by Jonathan Bailey.
“If there's a blooper reel consisting of all the times Jonny and I cracked up, I think it would be very adored,” Ashley revealed. “We were laughing every day.”
“But there was a scene when we were filming the hunt scene where we're both holding the gun,” she continued. “It's a very intimate moment. It's a long silence, and he's breathing down her ear and she's holding this gun. It's incredibly romantic and sexy. And one of our stomachs made this really funny noise, and the whole moment was lost and we just burst out laughing.”
She also talked about how difficult it was to “not being able to kiss and coming so close to it.”
“We actually were firmly directed like, ‘Too much!’ or ‘You're not allowed to kiss, so this isn't gonna happen. Not yet. Not yet,’” she revealed. “Some of the moments were so explosive that we needed that firm direction of, ‘Don't go there just yet. We're only in episode 3. So, hold back.’”
Simone Ashley Spills On The Difficulties Of Filming Their Intimate Scene
Ashley said that the argument between Kate and Anthony “before they get it on” at the end of episode 7 was the hardest to film “just because of filming logistics.”
“It was a night shoot. And it was freezing outside,” she explained. “It was a very heated scene that we wanted to get right. We got there and we achieved it. Working with Jonny on the scenes, we always bring it and we always get there. But that was challenging just in terms of the filming logistics of it all.”
Although she and Bailey had fewer intimate scenes than Daphne and Simone in season 1, Ashley said that she “didn’t really think anything of it.”
“I love the fact that it's a slow burner, and that we earn those incredible fireworks and romantic moments between Kate and Anthony towards the end,” she said. “But we got drip-fed the scripts, so we didn't get all eight of them as we started filming. It was every few months we would get a new episode.”
“Me and Jonny were both like, when's it going to happen? Is it going to happen in this one? When's it going to happen? And then when we finally read it, we were like, ‘Ohhhhh, [this] is really cool,’” she added.
All eight episodes of “Bridgerton” is available to stream on Netflix.
