Bridget Jones: Mad In regards to the Boy celebrates Valentine’s Day by rating No. 1 on Peacock. Renée Zellweger returns to the small display screen because the romantic comedy’s titular character for the primary time since Bridget Jones’s Child (2016) and discovers the “informal cruelty” of being ghosted by a brand new lover. Nonetheless, regardless of almost a decade having handed, the most recent sequel within the franchise is scoring with each critics and audiences, despite the fact that the movie has killed off Bridget’s husband and fan-favorite Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). Ebook lovers know that Mark additionally died in creator Helen Fielding’s 2013 novel of the identical identify.
Peacock’s Mad In regards to the Boy at the moment registers a “Licensed Recent” 85% on the Tomatometer towards 80 critiques posted by the critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Followers are additionally having fun with Mrs. Darcy’s return to the relationship world, as evidenced by the rom-com’s Popcornmeter ranking (previously the RT viewers rating) of 83%. This time round, the “tragic widow” first units her romantic sights on somebody “who is perhaps barely youthful,” the 29-year-old Roxter (Leo Woodall).
Then there may be additionally Mr. Wallaker, a science trainer portrayed by the MCU’s personal Chiwetel Ejiofor of Physician Unusual fame. Nonetheless, a number of beloved actors from the unique Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) reprise their roles in Mad In regards to the Boy, together with Zellweger, together with the aforementioned Firth and, in fact, Hugh Grant, who’s now the proud “uncle” of Bridget’s youngsters. Though, he nonetheless brings up Bridget’s skirt.
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Renée Zellweger “Was Heartbroken” by Mark Darcy’s Dying
In Mad In regards to the Boy, Bridget Jones nonetheless has the consolation and firm of her three greatest buddies, Shazzer (Sally Phillips), Jude (Shirley Henderson), and Tom (James Callis). Nonetheless, the absence of Mark Darcy has left holes within the hearts of each the character and the actress portraying the one mom who rom-com followers so adore, and Renée Zellweger revealed why she is “heartbroken” in regards to the demise of Colin Firth’s Mr. Darcy in an interview with Empire, saying:
“It’s so peculiar due to the connection to this character I’ve come to like. I really like him. I really like this individual that Colin performs after we get collectively once more. And I used to be heartbroken. It was such a peculiar factor to be heartbroken {that a} fictional character is gone out of your life, [but I’ve] gotten to know him since 2000. And naturally, Colin, he’s an integral a part of that have, and to not share it with him. I received’t lie. I shed some tears. It’s simply, I assume, like life. A part of the magic simply disappears.”
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Talking of affection, Zellweger gushed about her personal character throughout the identical sit-down by saying:
“I really like this character. It is such a novel expertise to have the chance to revisit a personality, to get to know her, in a special stage of her life as she evolves and grows. I really feel nice heat for her. I am additionally actually protecting over her, and so the standard of the undertaking is all the time on the forefront.”
Bridget Jones: Mad In regards to the Boy is now streaming solely on Peacock. Nonetheless, for individuals who haven’t seen the opposite installments within the must-see romantic comedy collection, viewers must subscribe to 1 extra platform to observe your entire heartwarming saga. Bridget Jones’s Diary, Bridget Jones: The Fringe of Motive, and Bridget Jones’s Child are all obtainable to stream and/or binge-watch on Max via the hyperlink under:
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