

Daniel makes an excuse about not being able to attend, and sends Bridget to the party alone. They spend the day before the party at a country house hotel, where Mark and Natasha are also staying.

Daniel informs Bridget of their falling-out, telling her that Mark broke their friendship by sleeping with his fiancée.īridget is invited to a family party, and she takes Daniel along as her 'plus one'. Bridget learns from Daniel that he and Mark have a history and, as a result, hate each other. Bridget leaves with Daniel and they have dinner, despite the fact that he is a notorious womanizer with a questionable personality, of which Bridget is aware. Right.īridget and Daniel begin to flirt heavily at work, first over email, ahead of an important book launch, at which Bridget bumps into Mark and his glamorous but haughty colleague Natasha ( Embeth Davidtz). She starts her own diary, which covers all her attempts to stop smoking, lose weight and find her Mr. After overhearing Mark grumble to his mother about her attempts to set him up with Bridget, she decides to turn her life around. After their initial encounter, Mark thinks that Bridget is a fool and Bridget thinks that he is arrogant and rude, and is disgusted by his novelty Christmas jumper. At a New Year party hosted by her parents, she re-meets Mark Darcy ( Colin Firth), the barrister son of her parents' friends. She works in publicity at a book publishing company in London where her main focus is fantasizing about her boss, Daniel Cleaver ( Hugh Grant). Songsīridget Jones ( Renee Zellweger) is frustrated: she is in her early thirties, single, very accident prone and worried about her weight. 5.2 Bridget Jones's Diary 2: More Music from the Motion Picture and Other V.G.5.1 Bridget Jones's Diary: Music From The Motion Picture.6.2 Bridget Jones's Diary 2: More Music from the Motion Picture and Other V.G.6.1 Bridget Jones's Diary: Music From The Motion Picture.Zellweger was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film. In the film, Shazzer is played by Sally Phillips. The director of the film, Sharon Maguire, is one of Fielding's friends, on whom the character of Shazzer was reportedly based. However, her performance, including her English accent, is widely considered to be of a high standard. Kate Winslet was also considered, but the producers decided she was too young.īefore the film was released, a considerable amount of controversy surrounded the casting of the American Zellweger as what some saw as a quintessentially British heroine. Toni Collette declined the role because she was on Broadway starring in The Wild Party at the time. A sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film), was released in 2004.Īctresses who were considered for the role of Bridget Jones were Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Rachel Weisz and Cameron Diaz. The adaptation stars Renee Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love", Mark Darcy. Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British romantic comedy film based on Helen Fielding's novel of the same name which is a reinterpretation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
