Bridget Jones’s Diary star Sally Phillips believes the original film would absolutely not include weight and cigarette updates if it was remade today.The beloved rom-com premiered 20 years ago and followed Renée Zellweger’s Bridget, who worried about her figure, smoking habit, and love life, with two men – Mark Darcy (played by Colin Firth) and Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) – fighting for her affection.
Sally starred in the movie as one of Bridget’s three friends, Shazzer, and went on to appear in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016).While Sally thinks the leading character was a ‘voice of the 90s’ at the time of the first chapter, she does think there would be some dramatic changes if it was given a 2021.
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