Renee Zellweger hopes to play Bridget Jones again: ‘She’s so funny’

Could there be another “Bridget Jones” movie in the works?

According to star Renee Zellweger, she will be filming the fictional-and-famous Brit for the fourth time since 2001’s “Bridget Jones Diary”, 2004’s “Bridget Jones: Age of Reason” and 2016’s “Bridget Jones”.

The actress revealed this during a virtual interview with SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show” when she was asked if she would return to a fan-favorite role.

“I hope so,” he said.

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“It’s funny, you know, he’s so funny,” he said of the character.

“I love having her shoes,” he added. “I mean, it makes me laugh, you know, every day on the set we can choose how awkwardly we can create his situation. It’s just fun. “

According to Zellweger, he considers the character “so dear, you know, his kind of self-deprecating determination.” I love him. “

Given that viewers first met Bridget more than 20 years ago and got a glimpse of her life in 2016, she thinks fans are waiting for another update.

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“I think it’s really rare to follow a character at different stages of his life, and in a way that makes us feel related to him, because he parallels our own life experiences at that time,” he said.

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