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9 November 2004

BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON premieres in London

Filed under: Screen — Mags @ 8:20 pm

The stars of BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON came out for the film’s premiere in London last night (wait a minute, it’s still Tuesday night here…dang time zones). They all had interesting things to say, but fans of Book!Bridget, including the AustenBlog Editrix, might be interested in a quote from the author of the novels, Helen Fielding:

Asked if she would write a third Bridget Jones novel, Fielding said: “To me she hasn’t died - she is still in my head

“If I could do it properly so it had some integrity to it, then I would, but I couldn’t just trot it out.

“To be honest… I would only do it if I had something important to say about her.”

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Take one moody hero and add water

Filed under: Screen — Mags @ 2:55 pm

Colin Firth doesn’t know why women found Mr. Darcy’s dip in the lake so sexy.

Firth says, “I know that people did go mad and thought I was some kind of sex symbol, especially when I came out of the lake, but I’d never thought of myself as sexy. I still find it hard to believe.

Psst, Colin…see, it’s the whole loosening-up-of-the-stiff-hero thing, and then there’s the whole smoldering thing, you see, and then there’s those rather incendiary glances over the pianoforte, and then…

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