Hugh Grant Says the NewBridget JonesSequel 'Made Me Cry': 'It's Got a Huge Amount of Heart'

Mar. 15, 2025

Hugh Grant on Oct. 24, 2024.Photo:Tommaso Boddi/Getty

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Hugh Granthasn’t seenBridget Jones: Mad About the Boyyet, but just reading the script got him emotional.

While the actor, 64, promoted his thrillerHereticduring his Wednesday, Nov. 13 appearance onSiriusXM’sThe Jess Cagle Show with Julia Cunningham, he said he teared up when he first read the screenplay for the fourthBridget Jonesmovie withRenée Zellweger.

“I haven’t seen it, but I, obviously, I know the script and I’m a harsh judge of script, and it was really good. Really moving as well as funny, because it’s based on [author] Helen Fielding…. This last book is based on her own experience of losing her husband and bringing up her kids alone,” Grant said, when asked what he is able to share about the movie.

“It’s got a huge amount of heart. It made me cry. Have I made it sound too dumb? It’s also extremely funny.”

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Grant added, “That was marvelous. But I could never work out how Daniel would handle either being a father or not being a father. Couldn’t make him work. And we went through agony months and months and in the end I said, ‘I think I’d better sit this one out.’ So I did. And they made a wonderful film anyway.”

Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant in 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary.Alamy

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boyis on Peacock Feb. 13.

source: people.com