- "Queen Charlotte" star Golda Rosheuvel wears several elaborate wigs in the new show.
- Rosheuvel said during a panel at the Paley Center last week that they were very heavy.
"Bridgerton" star Golda Rosheuvel said that her "Queen Charlotte" wigs were so heavy that she had to wear a neck brace to avoid injury.
During a panel for the new Netflix spinoff at the Paley Center for Media last week, which was attended by Insider, Rosheuvel was asked about her various elaborate wigs in the series, since they've become an iconic part of the character.
"Yes, they are heavy. Very, very, very, very heavy. Tom and the crew very kindly made me a neck brace," the 53-year-old actor said, referring to the series' director, Tom Verica. "Not all the time but some of the time I did have to use it."
In press materials for "Queen Charlotte," Rosheuvel said that she wore her "heaviest wig" yet in the new show, and that the wig in the opera scene in episode five was "the tallest thing I've ever worn in my life."
Speaking at the Paley Center, Rosheuvel also said that she was driven to set in her wigs because her looks were so elaborate.
"The journey is about 2½ hours from start to finish to create [Charlotte] and all the stuff," she said. "That includes driving to set because the costume and the wig are too big to get changed in the trailer like everybody else does. So, there is a point where I have to be driven to set in a van. Sometimes I have to sit on the floor of said van because the wigs are too high."
Rosheuvel added: "It's all very glamorous. And then I get out of said van and into an easier tent where the costume is hanging and we get to put it on. The costume is the last thing and jewelry is the last thing to get put on, so it's a whole journey."
The "Queen Charlotte" actor also said that she had to meditate when she was not filming in order to "sustain" working in costume all day.
While Rosheuvel wears a lot of elaborate wigs as the older Queen Charlotte, young Queen Charlotte, played by India Amarteifio, wears her natural hair in the show.
When asked about this on the red carpet ahead of the Paley Center event, Amarteifio told Insider that she initially assumed she would also have to wear long gray wigs like Rosheuvel.
"I was incredibly moved," Amarteifio said. "It made me really angry with society's view that Eurocentric beauty is the standard because all you have to do is look at the show and see all the hair represented."
"Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story" is available to stream on Netflix.