If you were alive in the 2000s you knew three things:

1. Renee Zellweger is a horrifically misguided casting choice for our British icon Bridget Jones
2. The character Bridget Jones is roughly the size of a house
3. Colin Firth and Hugh Grant are hot  

After reading and discussing Bridget Jones’s Diary for a previous podcast episode, we decided it’s only fair that we dive into the 2000s film adaptation of Helen Fielding’s classic novel. From casting choices to the long standing (potentially fictional) feud between the two male leads, no stone is left unturned! What twists and spins can the glitz and glamour of Hollywood add to this already classic tale?

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