Renee Zellweger is protecting her “fingers crossed” for extra Bridget Jones motion pictures.
The 56-year-old actress – who has performed her TV producer-and-reporter alter ego since 2001 – thought 2025’s Mad In regards to the Boy was the final movie within the franchise, based mostly on the novels by Helen Fielding.
However the Hollywood star is hoping Helen will need to share extra of her profession, in addition to household, mates and romantic relationships experiences by extra books and, probably, extra movies.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Zellweger stated: “My understanding was that this was type of it, however I hold my fingers crossed that she would possibly need to share some extra of her personal experiences by the world of Bridget.”
Bridget Jones: Mad In regards to the Boy’s director Michael Morris stated extra “chapters” would make sense, given Helen’s kids Sprint and Romy are going to school.
Morris stated: “And look who we’ve bought: Chiwetel Ejiofor on this planet now, and we’ve bought Leo Woodall on this planet now.
“We’ve bought all these incredible folks and Helen’s bought her life, her youngsters are going to varsity. Let’s hope for extra chapters.”
Mad In regards to the Boy follows Bridget’s life as a widowed single mother after her husband Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) dies, however she confronts her grief with Mark within the type of a imaginative and prescient.
And Renee admitted it was “unattainable” to not cry within the scene the place Bridget and Mark speak on the sidewalk exterior the home as a result of the “real-life journey” of sharing their love story with Colin was ending.
She stated: “That was, ”I’m not speculated to cry within the scene,’ and it’s unattainable to not cry in that scene.
“It was such an odd day seeing Colin there in his Mark Darcy finery. I had this second of realisation that the real-life journey of sharing the Bridget and Mark Darcy love story with my buddy was coming to an finish.
“It actually felt like a profound second occupied with the practically 30 years we’ve shared in telling this story. Then I believed, “Yeah, I don’t need this to finish. I like Mark and Bridget!”
Agreeing that it was an emotional scene, Morris stated: “What I like a lot about your efficiency in that second – it’s vital truly for the way we’re establishing this specific story of this lady’s journey on from her nice love – is that whereas standing within the doorway, after experiencing all these emotions you simply talked about, the character Jeremy (Neil Edmond) solutions the door.
“He’s clearly upset on this anniversary of his buddy’s dying, and it’s Bridget who consoles him. It’s Bridget who hugs him and says, ‘It’s OK.’
“Then your voiceover is available in and we go into the scene because the viewers is feeling this loss, and it’s Bridget who’s taking care of us.
“She’s saying that that is what occurred and, ‘I’m OK.’
“That’s so Bridget in the best way that you simply’ve made her over time. When she wallows, she wallows. However for the remainder of her life, she doesn’t.
“I discovered {that a} actually fantastic technique to start. All the disappointment was there, all of the nostalgia was there, all of the craving for the previous. However you have been actually current: you Renée, you Bridget.”
