Long before Hugh Grant changed his acting profile to that of the atypical villain in films like Paddington 2 either Hereticthe Briton was known as the romantic interpreter par excellence. Notting Hill, Four weddings and a funeral, Love in fact…to speak of Grant is to invoke the own spirit of sentimental comedy from the 90s, who once won the hearts of the public thanks to his appeal and the memorable charisma that he usually leaves imprinted on his characters. One of the most notable appearances was that of the character Daniel Cleaver In Bridget Jones’s Diary. Role to which he will return in 2025 with the premiere of Bridget Jones 4corresponding to this latent need of the current viewer for these late sequels which are so comforting on a nostalgic level.
The fact is that while promoting his latest works, the Londoner always ends up being questioned about the return of Renée Zellweger’s most emblematic role and about the evolution of the different characters who will make up the plot. But above all, what will the future fourth opus based on the original novel look like? created by Helen Fielding. The original role earned the American actress her first Oscar nomination and even though she wasn’t in the third part (Bridget Jones’ baby), now Grant returns to recover the comic essence of the story, but revealing that Bridget Jones 4 It will also be an emotional cocktail “very, very sad”. At the top of the final title Bridget Jones: Crazy about himwho won’t tell the story in this case, will be with Colin Firth. Of course, we will have some powerful new industry faces in the cast, such as Emma Thompson (The magical nanny), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 years of slavery) either Leo Woodall (The White Lotus).
What will Bridget Jones 4′ look like?
In the first two chapters of the saga, produced between 2001 and 2004, Cleaver was the antagonist of romance present between Zellwegger and Firth’s character, Mark Darcy. However, the actor Wonka He took a back seat as that love blossomed. Indeed, in Fielding’s final novel of the same name, Cleaver does not appear, but the team behind the adaptation seemed willing yes or yes to include it anyway.
Bridget Jones’s Diary got $281 million worldwide, while the other two far exceeded the 200 million mark. In total, we are talking about a trilogy that managed to combine in the ticket office a few 754 millioncreating a large legion of fans who revisit again and again the story of this thirty-year-old single woman full of complexes and a completely disastrous love life.
Grant, in The Graham Norton Show He explained his feelings on the material, clarifying that there will be quite a sentimental burden, given that the character has been through a lot over the years. throughout the original trilogy: “In addition to being extremely funny, it is very, very sad. But from what I see, this is not a suitable role for Daniel Cleaver. It’s a very good and moving scenario. And I say this as someone who is disgusted by storylines. “It was great.”
Why is your character returning?
Grant had no interest in returning to the character if certain changes were not established or development was shown. So, based on this concept, the actor believed that at the beginning “He had absolutely no roles available” in the fourth film, but spoke with the producers to find a way to return:
“I thought what they offered was good, but it wasn’t fantastic. And I felt like I needed a third dimension. He’s already over 60, you can’t let him wander around the King’s Road and notice young girls. Something must have happened to him in this impasse. So we made up a pretty good provisional story, I made up a pretty good provisional story,” he told the interviewer late at night.
Before his return to the role, at the beginning of 2025 we will be able to see him in a character completely atypical of his career, the evil Mr. Reed from Heretic. Zellweger recently received her second Academy Award for her role as Judy Garland in Judy and in 2022 he starred in the NBC series, The thing about Pam. It is planned Bridget Jones 4 repeat the great box office numbers of its predecessors. It is scheduled by Universal Pictures on February 14Valentine’s Day.
