Renée Zellweger: Bridget Jones characters would be in trouble today over work romance

In Bridget Jones’s Diary, Hugh Grant’s character has an affair with his junior employee Bridget Jones, played by Renée Zellweger. Photograph: Cinetext/Working Title/Allstar

The workplace romance shown in Bridget Jones’s Diary would not withstand modern-day scrutiny from human resources, Renée Zellweger has said.

Speaking with co-star Hugh Grant before the release of the fourth Bridget Jones film, Zellweger was asked if Jones’s boss was exploiting his powerful position when he made overtures to a junior employee.