‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ at 20: Renée Zellweger recalls weird way she discovered British backlash to her casting
erry Maguire turned Renée Zellweger into an instant star in 1996, and the Texas-bred actress soon followed her breakout role opposite Tom Cruise with comedies like Nurse Betty and Me, Myself & Irene. But when it came to what may have been her most memorable role, an entire nation, it seemed, was less than enthused. We are, of course, talking about Zellweger's casting as the eponymous and very British heroine of Helen Fielding’s bestselling 1996 novel Bridget Jones’s Diary. Following a tw...
‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ at 20: Renée Zellweger recalls weird way she discovered British backlash to her casting
erry Maguire turned Renée Zellweger into an instant star in 1996, and the Texas-bred actress soon followed her breakout role opposite Tom Cruise with comedies like Nurse Betty and Me, Myself & Irene. But when it came to what may have been her most memorable role, an entire nation, it seemed, was less than enthused. We are, of course, talking about Zellweger's casting as the eponymous and very British heroine of Helen Fielding’s bestselling 1996 novel Bridget Jones’s Diary. Following a tw...
