First photo of Hugh Grant and Renee Zellweger sharing a kiss on the set of the new Bridget Jones

His performance in the first part of the saga Bridget JonesThe film released in 2001 brought him his first Oscar nomination. After two decades, Renee Zellweger is going to reprise her iconic role for the fourth time. The actress will indeed return alongside Hugh Grant, aka Daniel Cleaver, in a new opus titled: Bridget Jones. About the crazy guy on April 9, the Deadline website revealed. On social media, on Thursday, July 4, netizens were able to discover a photo taken during filming, where we see the leading couple of the saga embracing in a street in Hampstead, London.

In the latter, Hugh Grant wears a dark blue suit and kisses his movie buddy on the cheek. The actress is wearing a long green skirt and an oversized gray coat, accompanied by brown UGGs.

Bridget Jones in her fifties

Already in the third film to be titled Bridget Jones Baby (2016), Emma Thompson will also be there. Leo Woodall (Day) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 years in captivity) will also be among the new cast members. For this new film, it will focus on Bridget Jones’ love life at the dawn of fifty. Now a single mother and widow, Colin Firth, aka her all-love Mark Darcy, should a priori be absent from the feature film; Bridget starts dating a 30-year-old man. It is not yet known what roles Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor will play in the successful saga.

“One of the best scripts I’ve read in a long time”

In an interview with ETonline magazine, Hugh Grant said about the film. “I think this scenario is the best of the four. And, in fact, one of the best scripts I’ve read in a long time.” Before proceeding. “It’s based on trying to raise two kids on your own, and then it’s all mixed up with Bridget Jones-style comedy. So it’s very sad, but also very funny,” he added. Even stating that the text “made her cry”. Bridget Jones. About the crazy guy will be released in theaters on February 14, 2025.