Casting Bridget Jones - 12 Actress Renee Zellweger Competed With (Including 1 Deemed 'Too Beautiful' for Role)
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justjared.comRenee Zellweger has been bringing Bridget Jones to life for nearly 25 years at this point, and it’s hard to imagine anyone else in the role.
However, the actress faced some stiff competition when auditioning, and her casting was controversial to many. If you were unaware, the Bridget Jones movies kicked off in 2001 with Bridget Jones’s Diary.
All these years later, Renee and many other familiar faces from the franchise linked up again for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, which premiered on Valentine’s Day.
With the movie’s release, we did some digging into who else might have played the iconic role. Interestingly, only a few actresses have confirmed that they were in the running for the role.
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