Renee Zellweger is forced to stop filming after BATS halt Bridget Jones 4 production in Lake District By Lily Jobson For Mailonline Published: 01:41, 6 August 2024 | Updated: 01:41, 6 August 2024 e-mail View comments Renee Zellweger was forced to stop filming Bridget Jones 4 after bats halted the production in the Lake District. The actress, 55, and the film crew headed up to Keswick to continue filming the sequel in woodland area. But filming was abruptly stopped when bat experts raised concerns about the local bat population and how they were being affected by filming.
A source told The Sun : 'Filming ended up being paused by some bat experts who raised concerns about the local bat population and how they could be affected. 'Apparently they were worried about whether the bats could be disturbed, which made for a right old headache. Renee Zellweger, 55, was forced to stop filming Bridget Jones 4 after bats halted the production in the Lake District The actress and the film crew headed up to Keswick to continue filming the sequel in woodland area (pictured in 2004 Bridget Jones The Edge Of Reason) 'An agreement was reached but it has become a running joke on the set.
In the middle of fields in the Lake District, no one expected any issues.' Colin Firth fans rejoice as Mark Darcy is to be reunited with Bridget Jones after all, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Read More EXCLUSIVE Colin Firth's Mark Darcy returns in new Bridget Jones film despite fears he had been killed off as exclusive pictures reveal beloved character is alive and well.
.. or is he? When Firth's name was absent from the cast list of the forthcoming movie about the world's most famous singleton, fans feared his character had been killed off.
That was certainly his fate in Helen Fielding's novels, where he marries Bridget, but dies while working abroad as a human rights lawyer. However, in these exclusive photographs from the set of Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Renee, who plays Jones, is seen lovingly interacting with her co-star Firth, 63. Wearing Darcy's trademark suit and tie, Firth tenderly places his hand upon the cheek of his co-star, who is in an emerald dress and leather boots.
Because Fielding's Mad About The Boy novel had Bridget navigating life as a widow four years after Darcy's death, Firth's return is a huge surprise, which film bosses were desperate to keep under wraps. A source said: 'Colin was always going to appear in the movie but it was supposed to be a secret.' It's not the first time tragedy has beset the fictional diarist.
In the last movie, Bridget Jones's Baby, she is seen attending the memorial of her other on-off love Daniel Cleaver, played by Hugh Grant , who is presumed dead after a plane crash. He is later found alive. But filming was abruptly stopped when bat experts raised concerns about the local bat population and how they were being affected by filming Bridget (played by Renee Zellweger) and Mr Darcy (portrayed by Colin Firth) nose to nose in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason In the last movie, Bridget Jones's Baby, she is seen attending the memorial of her other on-off love Daniel Cleaver, played by Hugh Grant , who is presumed dead after a plane crash Former flame Daniel Cleaver, and a young man named Rockstar played by Leo Woodhall (pictured as Dexter in One Day) will face off for Bridget's love Fans will have to be patient to find out whether Darcy will be so lucky, or is simply appearing in a dream sequence.
The Mail on Sunday revealed earlier this year that Jones will face a three-way battle for her affections between Cleaver, a much younger man named Rockstar, played by One Day heartthrob Leo Woodall , and 12 Years A Slave star Chiwetel Ejiofor's character, Mr Walker. Bridget, now a mother of two, will become smitten with Mr Walker, who teaches PE at her son's school, before diverting her attentions to the hunky Rockstar, who she meets on social media. The Mail on Sunday previously revealed that Bridget will give up her famous bachelorette pad in London's Borough Market in favour of a family home in leafy Hampstead, North London, where so many scenes have been filmed in the past few months.
In the film, due out on Valentine's Day next year, Bridget also quits her job working in television to do the school run, with comical scenes expected as she struggles to keep up with the Yummy Mummies. The character of Mark Darcy is said to have been inspired by Keir Starmer when he was working as a human rights lawyer in the 1990s. It is a rumour the new Prime Minister has never denied.
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