bonus chapter: bridget jones's diary (movie)

04/21/25 • 34 min

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

Renee Zellweger is a horrifically misguided casting choice for our British icon Bridget Jones
The character Bridget Jones is roughly the size of a house
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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If you were alive in the 2000s you knew three things:

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

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Previous Episode

bridget jones's diary by helen fielding

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this episode we are taking a dive into the diary that defined a generation! for our April book and the theme "haha that's so funny", we're talking about Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding. we spend some time cringing at our own adolescent diary entries and talk feminism, fad diets and try to decide if this novel is a depressing glimpse into the hive mind of the 90s or an optimistic, progressively feminist masterpiece.

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