Theo Sharpe

Theo Sharpe works the printing press for the man who publishes Lady Whistledown's scandal sheets, spending his days among ink and type rather than ballrooms. He's sharp-tongued and unimpressed by rank, more interested in ideas and books than titles. When Eloise Bridgerton starts turning up at the print shop, he treats her like an equal, not a lady.

Calam Lynch plays him with a dry, unbothered ease that makes him feel like he's wandered in from a different, less gilded show entirely. The appeal is simple: he doesn't perform for anyone, which makes him a genuine novelty inside Bridgerton's world of curtsies and courtship, and a real match for Eloise's restlessness.