Things couldn't be better, until Bridget discovers that she is pregnant and has no idea whether Mark or Jack is the father of her unborn tot. While Bridget is convinced she has her life under control she decides to focus on her work as a TV producer but things change when she meets handsome American newcomer Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey). Bridget's cocaine bust in Thailand is like sending Indiana Jones to Dubuque. ![]() 'Beyond the Edge of Reason' would have been more accurate. This is the case of 'The Edge of Reason' to 'Bridget Jones' Diary' (2001). 'Bridget Jones' Baby' will see Zellweger's alter ego ending her relationship with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). Few sequels measure up to their initial successes. She added: "You cannot be a good storyteller if you don't have life experiences, and you can't relate to people." Not be defined by this image that precedes me.Īnd boosting her life experiences goes hand-in-hand with her acting. ![]() I found anonymity, I could have exchanges with people on a human level and be seen and heard. It was time to go away and grow up a bit. She said: "I wasn't taking the time to recover between projects, and it caught up with me. The new movie marks the end of a Hollywood hiatus for the actress, who found it beneficial to take time out from the spotlight and interact on a "human level" with people. No male actor would get so much scrutiny if he did the same thing for a role." Bridget is a perfectly normal weight and I've never understood why it matters so much. I also put on some breasts and a baby bump. Helen’s book was up there with Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice and George Orwell’s 1984.Zellweger doesn't understand why she is always under "scrutiny" for piling on the pounds to portray the popular character - who she will play for a third time in the upcoming 'Bridget Jones' Baby' - because male stars never face such speculation when they gain weight or bulk up for different parts.Īfter she portrayed Bridget in 2001's 'Bridget Jones's Diary' and 2004's 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason', Zellweger's real-life frame shrunk - which sparked some concern from fans - and speaking about reprising the role in an interview with Britain's Vogue Magazine, she said: "I put on a few pounds. NOVEL ACHIEVEMENT: BRIDGET Jones’s Diary is one of the 100 most important novels in the English language, it was decided by a panel of experts last year. But its common consumption and association with her drowning her sorrows in chardonnay was blamed for sales plummeting. Renee Zellweger In what is probably the most famous example of an actress gaining weight to play a role, Renee Zellweger put on 30 pounds to play the lovable Bridget Jonesnot once but twice, for the sequel. SINGLETON: FOR centuries men had usually used the term “spinster” to describe more mature women who had yet to find a man but the diaries coined this more gender-neutral phrase.ĪBBREVIATIONS: TO make maximum use of every diary page, Bridget used abbreviations which everyone suddenly started adopting too – the most obvious being “v good” instead of “very good”.ĮMOTIONAL F***WITTERY: WHILE Bridget toned down her language about single women, she ramped it up when referring to the emotional stupidity of men, coining this brilliant phrase.ĭOING A BRIDGET: THIS became shorthand for going out, getting drunk with your mates, smoking too many fags and falling out of a taxi at 2am before leaving a voice message or sending a text you would regret when you woke up the next day.ĬHARDONNAY: IT was Bridget’s tipple of choice, and by the early Noughties it seemed every party girl and single woman was necking the white wine on nights out. In the 20 years since Bridget Jones’s Diary made its big screen debut, there has been one infamous line from the Pride & Prejudice-inspired rom-com that has become a catchphrase among my friends: Come the fuck on, Bridget. It refers to couples who like to hang out with other Smug Marrieds and rub other people’s faces in their domestic bliss. SMUG MARRIED: ANOTHER phrase from the diaries which was suddenly used by everyone. But it was only after Bridget used the phrase that it was adopted widely. ![]() ENORMOUS PANTS: AFTER the release of her candid diaries, the rather large underwear worn by women to flatten their tummies would forever be known as “Bridget Jones knickers”.įORGING CHICK LIT: THE diaries were also one of the earliest and most successful examples of “chick lit”, a sub-section of fiction which boomed after Bridget, with many writers using the story as a template for their own work.īUNNY BOILER: REFERS to Glenn Close’s character Alex in 1987 film Fatal Attraction, who took revenge on the lover who spurned her by boiling his daughter’s pet rabbit.
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