Hugh Grant will reprise his role as Daniel Cleaver after leaving the previous installment, which premiered in 2016. They will be joined by Emma Thompson, who played doctor Bridget in the third film and also helped with the script. Newcomers Chiwetel Ejiofor and the recently announced Leo Woodall are also expected to appear now. The author of the books is responsible for the script (probably solo).
Leo Woodall in the cast of the new Bridget Jones. Premiere next year
Colin Firth will be missing because – spoiler alert! – the film will take place four years after the events of “Bridget Jones 3”, and then the main character is a widow with two small children. Mark died as a result of a landmine explosion in Sudan. Although the production does not confirm this, the Guardian reports that Woodall is to play an attractive 30-year-old man who Bridget starts sleeping with when she starts dating again after her grief.
Woodall gained enormous popularity thanks to his role in the second season of “The White Lotus”, and in February, the series “One Day”, in which he plays with Ambika Mod, was released on Netflix. It is a love story spanning two decades, based on David Nicholls’ global bestseller. A film was already made in 2011.
Leo Woodall on the set of the series ‘One Day’ Netflix promotional materials
The fourth Bridget Jones film will be shot in London this summer and will premiere in February 2025. It will be Zellweger’s first big-screen role since 2019’s “Judy,” for which the actress won an Oscar.
Zellweger received her first Oscar nomination for her role as Bridget Jones
It’s hard to believe that 23 years have passed since the premiere of the first part of “Bridget Jones”! The role required her not only to act, but also to change physically. The actress had to gain 14 kilograms to look more like the book character. Some estimated that .
It was for this role that Zellweger was nominated for an Oscar for the first time. So far, she has received four nominations and two statuettes – in addition to the one for “Judy”, also for her work on the production of “The Hill of Hope”.
Source: Gazeta
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