Renee Zellweger is keeping her “fingers crossed” for more Bridget Jones movies.
Renee Zellweger at the Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy world premiere
The 56-year-old actress – who has played her TV producer-and-reporter alter ego since 2001 – thought 2025’s Mad About the Boy was the last film in the franchise, based on the novels by Helen Fielding.
But the Hollywood star is hoping Helen will want to share more of her career, as well as family, friends and romantic relationships experiences through more books and, potentially, more films.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Zellweger said: “My understanding was that this was kind of it, but I keep my fingers crossed that she might want to share some more of her own experiences through the world of Bridget.”
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’s director Michael Morris said more “chapters” would make sense, given Helen’s children Dash and Romy are going to university.
Morris said: “And look who we’ve got: Chiwetel Ejiofor in the world now, and we’ve got Leo Woodall in the world now.
“We’ve got all these fantastic people and Helen’s got her life, her kids are going to college. Let’s hope for more chapters.”
Mad About the Boy follows Bridget’s life as a widowed single mom after her husband Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) dies, but she confronts her grief with Mark in the form of a vision.
And Renee admitted it was “impossible” to not cry in the scene where Bridget and Mark talk on the sidewalk outside the house because the “real-life journey” of sharing their love story…
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