Within the first 28 days of Bridgerton's season 1, it already hit 82 million households worldwide, making it the biggest series on Netflix at the time. Recently, viewers have already binged 193 hours of its season 2, and just over premiere weekend. With fans getting hooked on this season's cast members, many are also diving into the show's background. So we've gathered the subtle pop culture inspirations behind Bridgerton.RELATED: This Is The Only 'Bridgerton' Star Who Isn't British

Hollywood Icons Inspired Some Female Characters' Hairstyles

There's a reason Phoebe Dynevor's character Daphne looks like Audrey Hepburn. Daphne's hair is heavily inspired by Hepburn's signature hairstyles. "When I did Daphne's first fittings she had these amazing eyebrows and the looks that we started doing reminded me of Audrey Hepburn," hair and makeup artist Mark Pilcher told Insider. He also revealed that Daphne's first look was inspired by Hepburn's look in the 1956 period drama, War and Peace.

"When I Googled the images of Audrey I just looked at the pictures and thought 'My god that's Daphne to a T,'" he continued. "They were elegant and they were simple. They just had these kiss curls here [on the temples]."

Lady Featherington's (Polly Walker) look was also inspired by another '50s icon. She's actually a red-head version of Elizabeth Taylor. "I know Ellen [Mirojnick], the costume designer, had been to the Christian Dior exhibition at the V&A so she had all these 1950s necklines and 1950s prints," explained Pilcher. "So I made Lady Featherington into a red-headed Elizabeth Taylor."

As for Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel), the inspiration behind her look is no other than Queen Beyoncé herself. "I wanted to celebrate that and not just give her the normal looks of the time. I wanted her literally to show the world how good she could look," Pilcher said of Queen C's giant Afro wig. "And then I was going through images. I found all these fabulous pictures of Beyoncé as Foxxy Cleopatra in Austin Powers and I was like 'That's it! That's the queen!' That amazing golden Afro."

Still, as "a purist when it comes to period stuff," he made sure that Queen C's wigs were in line with the show's setting. "When she goes to one of the balls the giant Afro that she has was based on a look of that period called the Gainsborough wig," said Pilcher. "The silhouettes of the wigs went from being really tall to going much wider and looser, so I decided I wanted to do a version of that. But then I was like, I want to do an Afro version." That's when he added the Queen B touch.

But it wasn't easy making it. That Afro was five wigs sewn together. "The ringlets at the base was one wig and then we had four wigs on top," he shared. "We actually bought shop Afro wigs but then straightened them out. We steamed them straight and then reset them with kebab sticks to get the tightest curl we can get. So then she wore one and the other three were sewn on top and then fluffed out."

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'Bridgerton' Used Classical Remakes Of Pop Songs

This one's not really a secret. But the show has an interesting process of turning pop songs into ballroom music. Apparently, the songs the actors dance to on set aren't the same ones that end up in the show. "It'll work perfectly for filming on set," said music supervisor Justin Kamps in an interview with E!. "And then when it comes to working on the episode in post [production], suddenly, it becomes a totally different song." Composer Kris Bowers uses existing string covers from different bands. But they created their own classical rendition of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Madonna's Material Girl.

Kamps added that they ensure the music fits the Regency era. "I'm trying to, as much as I can, filter out things that maybe wouldn't make sense for the period," he explained. "It's not like they're going to have an electric keyboard at one of the Queen's balls." He added that it's a compliment when people don't recognize the pop bops they've inserted in the show. "That kind of lets me know that our goal of making the string covers feel like they could have fit in that time period is working," said Kamps.

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A 'Bridgerton' Writer Was Inspired By Taylor Swift's 'Folklore'

Recently, Bridgerton writer Abby McDonald revealed that Taylor Swift's Folklore inspired her in writing a certain episode. "Fun fact! My unofficial anthem while writing this episode of Bridgerton was Illicit Affairs by @taylorswift13," she tweeted, adding a lyric from the song's bridge, "'You showed me colors/ You know I can't see with anyone else…'" Check out the song below:

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