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renee zellweger He is about to be honored with a statue immortalizing him as the beloved rom-com character bridget jones in London Leicester Square,
Jones, the quirky heroine created by Helen FieldingWill becomes the first character to get the star treatment on the coveted trail in a romantic comedy, which features more than a dozen icons from the world of cinema.
zellweger Will be present at the unveiling of the statue on November 17 deadline Informed.
The actress will host the unveiling ceremony sally phillipsJoe plays Bridget’s loyal friend Scherzer in the four-film franchise. Actors Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall, who played Bridget’s love interests in the latest installment of the series, will also be in attendance.
Jones will join another great characters immortalized In bronze on the path, like Daniel Kaluuya’s character From Jordan Peele’s hit film Go, Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potteras Julie Andrews mary poppinsAnd Paddington Bear.
“Incredibly and a first for Working Title, we’re putting a bronze statue of one of our best-loved characters in Leicester Square and it’s very exciting,” Working Title co-president Eric Fellner told the outlet.
She added, “We’ve never had anything like this before. And I think it’s great because Bridget is a proper London heroine and the idea of having Bridget exist in a spectacular location in the center of London is really exciting.”
The honor comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the first film next year. bridget jones diary, was released, becoming an instant classic.
The 2001 film featured Zellweger as an extremely hilarious journalist caught in a love triangle between Hugh Grant and Colin Firth’s characters. After the tremendous success of the first film, its sequel Bridget Jones: The Age of Reason, Bridget Jones’s Baby And Bridget Jones: Crazy About the Boy Followed, released the latest directly Peacock in February.
Bridget was initially written about in a newspaper column Independent, Fielding used the fictional character to create a fictional diary in 1995. fielding published bridget jones diary as a novel the following year, and it became a global bestseller.
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Fellner said deadline“I love the idea that his brilliant writing in a newspaper 30 years ago ended up as a statue in Leicester Square. It’s beautiful.”
Considering his debut, fielding said in 2016“I will always be grateful to the newspaper for giving me the freedom to write anonymously in an unknown voice.”
All films are based on Fielding’s previously published columns and bestselling novels, but Zellweger has been open about her desire to play Bridget if Fielding writes an idea for a fifth film.
At the premiere of the fourth film, Zellweger said, “If Helen writes something, fine, I’m in.”