Daily Times
April 19, 2021
When it comes to onscreen fistfights, it’s hard to think of a less bad-ass throwdown than the one between Colin Firth and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones’s Diary. Midway through the hit 2001 rom-com, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week, Firth’s Mark Darcy and Grant’s Daniel Cleaver take their battle for the heart of the titular diary-writer (Renée Zellweger) into the streets of London while a spirited crowd gathers to watch punches get thrown. But this duel isn’t exactly Rocky-worthy. Instead, Mark and Daniel’s rumble looks more like a schoolyard brawl, complete with lots of awkward pushing, missed kicks and semi-embarrassed apologies.