Hugh Grant reveals Bridget Jones 4 will be ‘very, very sad’

Bridget Jones 4 is popping out on Valentine’s Day 2025, and Hugh Grant has divulged some extra particulars on what followers can anticipate.

Showing on the Graham Norton Present on Friday night, the Notting Hill actor, 64, appeared very constructive concerning the upcoming sequel of the beloved romantic comedy starring Renée Zellweger.

Nevertheless, if followers had been anticipating the snort out loud romp of the final three movies, they may very well be in for one thing a little bit completely different.

The timeline picks up after Bridget’s glad ever after, when she walked off into the sundown with husband Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and a child in tow on the finish of the third movie.

Whereas we knew there have been going to be some tearful moments, because the movie will probably be based mostly on Helen Fielding’s e book Mad About The Boy – which particulars Bridget’s journey into motherhood as a widow after Darcy’s loss of life – Hugh has now confirmed it is going to be ‘very, very unhappy’.

The 4 Weddings and a Funeral actor starred within the first two Bridget Jones movies, however was absent from the third as his character died ‘taking place in a bush’ in a airplane crash – however now he’s returned from the grave for the fourth, after he was found miraculously alive.

He additionally talked about how Helen Fielding, the author and creator of the long-lasting character, drew upon her personal expertise of grief and motherhood to provide you with the preliminary idea which was the fourth movie.

‘It’s really an excellent and transferring script and I say that as somebody who’s horrid about scripts,’ he stated, chatting to Graham on the couch with fellow company Neneh Cherry, Sebastian Stan and Greg Davies.

‘As a result of Helen Fielding had a tragic story. She acquired married to an American screenwriter and so they had youngsters, then he died, and he or she raised the youngsters by herself,’ he defined.

‘Then she began writing a novel a couple of lady elevating youngsters by herself with a lifeless father and husband. She realised the character was a bit like Bridget, so made it right into a Bridget Jones e book. In addition to being extraordinarily humorous, it’s very, very unhappy.’

He continued, explaining his involvement: ‘There was completely no position for Daniel Cleaver so far as I may see, however they wished to cram me in. So we sat down collectively.

‘I’m fairly troublesome as of late and I felt what they proposed was effective however not nice, I felt he wanted a 3rd dimension. He’s in his 60s now, he can’t simply be making his means down the King’s Highway eyeing up younger ladies.

‘I felt that what they proposed was effective however not nice. So that they invented – nicely, I invented – a quite a very good interim story,’ he quipped.

Over the previous few months, sneak peeks on the upcoming movie have delighted followers because the forged and crew have been snapped filming throughout London.

The movie is ready to star White Lotus and One Day breakout star Leo Woodall as Bridget’s toyboy love curiosity which is able to delight followers who liked him in earlier romantic roles.

Hugh has been snapped filming for the upcoming film and beforehand overrated followers for the movie, as he instructed ET: ‘I’ll let you know what, I feel this script for the fourth Bridget is the very best one of many 4. And, actually, top-of-the-line scripts I’ve learn in a very long time.’

The Graham Norton Present airs on Fridays at 10.40pm on BBC One.

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