There has been excellent news, lately, on the plans to make a film out of Bridget Jones – The Edge of Reason. Renée Zellweger has agreed to do Bridget again, and thus have to put on some weight, and this has to be a good thing, as she’s been looking like a stick-insect lately, whereas in the first Bridget movie she looked quite lovely.
In this connection Colin Firth has obviously been asked about the whole thing, and I join India Knight in rejoicing at his answers:
I take comfort from the words of wise Colin Firth, who last week expressed his amazement at the idea that Renée Zellweger, his Bridget Jones co-star, should have been considered “fat” in the film. “Most guys I know prefer curves. She didn’t look fat to me as Bridget Jones – not at all. It didn’t even occur to me that she was in any way overweight.” Firth went on: “There’s all this self-torture thing going on. It’s not attractive, it’s not healthy, and it’s not sexy.” Hooray! Double helpings of doughnuts all round.
I might have to revise my opinion of the dear Mr. Firth, he’s always had a bit of a problem living up to his characters whenever I’ve seen him in interviews, but if he is going to say sensible things like that he might not be so boring after all.