Renée Zellweger in Bridget Jones's Diary Moviestore/ShutterstockIt’s time to dust off your biggest and comfiest pants, cook up some blue soup and warm up your pipes for a Céline Dion sing-a-long because a very special anniversary is just around the corner. This month marks 25 years since Bridget Jones made her big screen debut, diary in hand, introducing the world to one of 21st century British cinema’s most iconic and beloved characters. It’s fair to say that Hugh Grant wasn’t initially convinced by Renée Zellweger’s Bridget Jones accent…“She came in, doing quite a good British accent, but it was Princess Margaret,” Hugh recalled in the 2020 documentary Becoming Bridget Jones. Instead, the cigarettes she was supplied to play Bridget were herbal, rather than tobacco-based. As for the fate of Bridget Jones’ iconic ‘big pants’…“I heard some rumour that Hugh Grant kept the pants – the big pants,” Renée Zellweger told British Vogue while promoting the fourth Bridget Jones movie in 2024.

Source: Huffington Post April 11, 2026 06:51 UTC