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.
Helen Fielding
“It is extraordinary to me that Bridget Jones, which I started writing so casually as an anonymous newspaper column to make ends meet, is still being discussed 25 years later,” reflects Helen Fielding, author of the four Bridget Jones novels.
Twenty years after the cinematic release of Bridget Jones’ Diary, the pull of one of modern literature’s most unlikely heroines feels as if it has barely waned: such is the universality of Bridget’s story. Excitingly, there’s buzz about a new film, but how will she fare in a more socially-conscious era?
When Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Renée Zellweger strode youthfully through Leicester Square for the film’s world premiere in 2001, their smiles beamed in from a pre 9/11, pre Me Too, pre social media age.
With the iconic British romcom turning 20, it s worth remembering Bridget Jones was never actually "fat", "alone" or a "spinster", writes Lauren Morris.
Tuesday, 13th April 2021 at 7:00 am
Bridget Jones’s Diary – the iconic British film based on Helen Fielding’s novel of the same name – turns 20 today, with the rom-com starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant having made its cinematic debut back in 2001.
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With this year marking such a big anniversary, I dove into the Bridget Jones Cinematic Universe (the BJCU if you will) and revisited its many, many characters for a
RadioTimes.com official ranking of all your Daniel Cleavers, your Unas, your Mr Fitzherberts and your Shazzers.
24. ‘Uncle’ Geoffrey
Played by: James Faulkner
The lecherous, bum-pinching Geoffrey lands himself at the bottom of our ranking, which should come as no surprise to anyone considering he’s arguably the film franchise’s biggest creep. Married to Una, the best friend of Bridget’s mum Pam, Geoffrey is described by Bridget as “someone who insists I call him uncle when he gropes my a e” (ew) and generally exude