Renée Zellweger loved playing 'normal' Bridget Jones: 'It shifted expectations for what a leading lady can look like'

Renée Zellweger attends the Bridget Jones Scenes In The Square Statue Unveiling at Leicester Square on November 17, 2025.

Just like Mark Darcy, audiences across the globe fell in love with Bridget Jones, just as she is.

Twenty five years after the first Bridget Jones’s Diary was released in cinemas, star Renée Zellweger has reminisced on the "liberating" feeling of playing the beloved romcom heroine, while pointing out how absurd the "fixation" on her weight felt.