Bridget Jones fans have long adored the films for their cringe-worthy, hilarious and heartwarming scenes. But Hugh Grant has warned that the fourth instalment in the franchise - due out on Valentine's Day next year - will have a very different tone. Warning: If you don't want to know about the plot of Bridget Jones 4, look away now.
.. "As well as being extremely funny, it's very, very sad," said the actor, who will reprise his role as the dashing antagonist Daniel Cleaver.
He also revealed that there was "no obvious role" for him in the film, but "they wanted to cram me in". Oscar-winner Renée Zellweger is also back as the title character in Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy. The film takes its title from the latest Bridget Jones novel, which was published in 2013.
In the book, readers rejoin Bridget in her 50s, a mother to two children and widowed following the death of her husband Mark Darcy. Darcy was played by Colin Firth in the earlier Bridget Jones movies. The production studio has not commented on how closely the new film will follow the storyline of its paperback namesake, but it has been revealed author Helen Fielding has written the script.
Speaking on the Graham Norton show , Grant indicated that Fielding had used a real-life tragedy to come up with the plotline. "She had a sad story," he said. "She got married to an American screenwriter, she had children and then he died.
" Grant said that Fielding then started writing a novel about a woman raising children by he.
