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‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ at 20: Renée Zellweger recalls weird way she discovered British backlash to her casting
Actress tells Yahoo she was deep undercover in the U.K. when she learned the tabloids weren't thrilled with "crap American playing English icon."
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9 Actresses Who Were Considered To Play Bridget Jones
Renée Zellweger will return as the titular heroine in ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’, but the Texan was a controversial choice when she got the role in 2000. In fact, there were several famous women courted to play Helen Fielding’s hilarious singleton before Zellweger came along, but who were they? The Australian actress was hot off ‘The Sixth Sense’ and was offered the role of Bridget, but it wasn’t meant to be.
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