Renée Zellweger has defended her titular character’s relationship with a younger man in the new Bridget Jones film as “nothing new” and said this onscreen trend could mean “social taboos are melting away”.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, based on The Independent columnist Helen Fielding’s 2013 book, sees Bridget Jones navigate “life as a widow and single mom with the help of her family, friends, and former lover Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she is pursued by a younger man, and maybe – just maybe – her son’s science teacher”.
