Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy trailer breaks fans' hearts as huge star is immediately killed off

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The new trailer for the upcoming Bridget Jones film has been released, and it's left fans heartbroken. Renee Zellweger is back in her iconic role as Bridget, but fans were shocked to learn that Colin Firth, who has played her love interest Mark Darcy since the first film in 2001, won't be appearing in the new movie.

His character has tragically passed away, leaving Bridget a widow and raising their two children alone. Now single at 51, the fourth instalment of the franchise, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, follows our favourite romantic comedy heroine as she navigates life without Mark - and possibly falls in love again.

There are three potential love interests for Bridget - a teacher from her kids' school, a dreamy younger man who comes to her aid, and Hugh Grant is back as the charming rogue Daniel Cleaver.The trailer reveals Mark's absence right from the start.

Bridget is seen walking as she says: "In life, there are memories that will never leave us." Mark then appears and says his famous words to Bridget: "I like you, just as you are." But it turns out it's all in Bridget's imagination as she arrives alone at a friend's house and the voiceover says: "But sometimes those memories are suddenly all we're left with." Heartbroken viewers didn't hold back their emotion online, as one typed through tears: "I was not prepared to cry over the death of Mr.