![]() ![]() Rene Zellweger, who played the titular diarist, had already turned in critically. Jones also picked up the 2014 BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role in TV film Marvellous. Bridget Jones’s Diary was a huge hit when it debuted in April 2001 and its stars have only kept rising. If that rejection had been the final word, the Bridget Jones movies as we know them would potentially be very different - but Colin Firth wasn't entirely able to let the idea of playing Mark Darcy go after he first said "no." He continued to consider the part, and eventually realized that what he didn't like about the characterization actually made him appealing from a performance angle. She has starred in BBC drama Spooks, Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, as well as starring opposite Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic in the Bridge Projects version of Richard III as Queen Margaret. And I thought, 'Well, sure, I can do that, but will anyone give a damn? It's not appealing!' how do you play this guy who doesn't do anything really? He just sort of stands around and scowls and looks imperious. I originally turned it down, because I didn't think. Bridget Jones Series by Helen Fielding Bridget Jones Series 4 primary works 9 total works Book 1 Bridget Joness Diary by Helen Fielding 3. I started off thinking there was no way in with that character. Darcy and why didn't want to make Bridget Jones's Diary at first. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice was still an influence on his approach, and Firth used it as a jumping off point to talk about the particular inaccessibility of Mr. This was swiftly followed by the novel Bridget Joness Diary about the antics of the unlucky-in-love heroin, which sold a whopping 15 million books. The laundry list of actors originally considered for the role included Toni Collette, Helena Bonham. Either it’s themselves or it’s their friend. I asked him about the franchise's roots in the work of Jane Austen, and if Mr. Everybody who has read the book knows Bridget. ![]() I recently had the pleasure of jumping on the phone with Colin Firth to talk about his part in Bridget Jones's Baby, and during the interview the actor explained why he initially had no interest in the character of Mark Darcy. ![]()
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