Hugh Grant says he thought Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones was ‘a stretch’

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Hugh Grant says he thought Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones was ‘a stretch’

By Jacob Stolworthy

 

 

Hugh Grant has confessed to thinking Renée Zellweger’s casting as Bridget Jones was “a stretch”.

 

The British actor played Daniel Cleaver in the franchise, which began with Bridget Jones’s Diary in 2000.

 

At the time of Zellweger’s casting, many questioned whether an American should be playing the role of Helen Fielding’s British character.

 

Grant admits he initially felt the same, stating in a new documentary: “There was a whole scandal about why isn’t this a British actress?

 

Full Story: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/hugh-grant-bridget-jones-diary-renee-zellweger-b1778007.html

[Geordieabroad]

Hugh Grant as an actor is a stretch

[bendejo]

Stretch, eh?  Sounds overly exaggerated, that hooker in Los Angeles he got caught with said he had teeny-weeny syndrome, not much stretching required.  Let's get Liz Hurley in here and get her opinion.

 

I liked him in a Woody Allen movie where he played a character of the sort of person I thought he would be if he didn't make it in show biz.

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

And that is news on Thai Visa in 2020?

[bendejo]

5 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And that is news on Thai Visa in 2020?

Missing the guy with the orange face already, are you?   ????