Skiing with Mark and Bridget
The Scotsman has an article on BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON and the ski resort in Lech, Austria where the skiing sequence of the movie was filmed.
Bridget jones [sic] staggers down the steps of the Hotel Post in an unflattering pink suit with skis on her shoulder. Of course she can ski, she assures Mark Darcy, sleek in black and silver. As they ascend in the chairlift they have a fine overview of Lech, Austria’s smartest ski resort. Lifting the bar at the top, Mark glides off expertly, while Bridget crashes into a snowdrift.
She follows, creating havoc among ski racers, then emerges unscathed near a picturesque Lech stream before skiing straight into a chemist and attempting to buy a pregnancy-testing kit in broken German in front of a crowd of Austrian yokels.
The whole article is worth reading, especially this last gossipy bit:
Ironically it was Colin Firth, aka the supposedly expert Mark Darcy, who is a challenged skier, while co-star Renée Zellweger was well able to manage most of the shots herself. “She is a superb athlete,” says Cavendish, “which really helped because no stunt double can capture Bridget’s body language like she does.”
