Hugh Grant Recalls Renée Zellweger's Bridget Jones Accent Initially Sounding Like Princess Margaret
Like many others,Hugh Grantwas surprised whenRenée Zellwegerlanded the role of Bridget Jones in the beloved film franchise. In the new BBC Two documentaryBeing Bridget Jones, Grant, who played womanizing book publisher Daniel Cleaver in the rom-com films, reflected on Zellweger’s casting as the British lovesick thirtysomething, which was not well received at first. “There was a whole scandal about why isn’t this a British actress?” Grant, 60, said of his former onscreen love, according toThe IndependentandVariety....