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Los Angeles Times
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Renee Zellweger on what's the best thing about being Bridget Jones
Renee Zellweger from 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy' talks about playing the title character and won't tell us if Hugh Grant or Colin Firth is more charming, but we tried while asking her our Very Important Questions presented by Disney Plus.
Daily Mail
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Renee Zellweger reveals the Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy scenes that made her break down into tears
Renee Zellweger has revealed what scenes in Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy caused her to cry on set, despite the moment not calling for tears. Zellweger, 56, has recently returned to her legendary role of Bridget Jones in the latest installment of the series, which takes place four years after the death of her on-screen husband, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). Firth, 64, makes several cameos in the film, with his character appearing before Renee as a vision. While Bridget is said to have made peace with the loss, Zellweger could not help but get emotional once she saw Firth in costume, she said at the FYC event on Saturday, according to Variety. Director Michael Morris, 51, revealed Zellweger cried filming the moments, and the actress called the realization it would be the 'end of' of their 'shared journey' together a 'gut punch.' Zellweger explained it was difficult to film as the scenes did not call for Bridget to be emotional. 'Yet seeing him there on the sidewalk in his Mark Darcy finery with his briefcase and coat, it just got to me,' she explained. 'I didn't expect to be so emotional about the end of this shared journey with my friend, recognizing, "Oh, wait, he's gonna wrap today, and that's it." And the finality of it just really was a gut punch. 'Isn't that crazy? Because when you get lucky, beyond getting to work with your friends, once you know, it sounds so silly, but it felt very profound in the moment,' she explained before letting out a laugh. 'Maybe I'm crazy because maybe I love a fictional character!' The long-awaited sequel sees Zellweger reprise her role as the titular heroine, and sees her adjusting to life as widowed single mother following the shock death of Darcy and returning to the dating scene. The actress looked absolutely radiant as she attended the Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy FYC event, held at the the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on Saturday. She posed posed up a storm in a fitted burgundy suit dress with her blonde hair styled into a chic bun and her feet slipped into classic Christian Louboutin heels. Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy was released earlier this year, and Renee has remained in-demand, recently spotted filming Only Murders In The Building in NYC. Renee's iconic singleton finally married Mark Darcy in the most recent film, 2016's Bridget Jones' Baby. The couple had shared an on-and-off romance across all three films, which are based on the Helen Fielding book series, but finally got their happy ending after it was revealed the high-flying lawyer was the father of her baby. However, in the fourth book and film, Mark tragically dies while working abroad as a human rights lawyer, leaving Bridget a widow and battling motherhood alone.
News.com.au
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Renée Zellweger and Ant Anstead shut down split rumours
On Thursday, editors at the Daily Mail claimed the Oscar-winning actress and TV personality had been "living apart for the past year". They also alleged Anstead has been staying at the home of Julia French in Laguna Beach, California while Zellweger films the upcoming season of Only Murders in the Building in New York City. A source claimed the Wheeler Dealers co-host had been living in an apartment on French's property since he moved out of his rental in April. However, a representative for Anstead later shut down the report.
News.com.au
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Renée Zellweger and Ant Anstead shut down split rumours
On Thursday, editors at the Daily Mail claimed the Oscar-winning actress and TV personality had been "living apart for the past year". They also alleged Anstead has been staying at the home of Julia French in Laguna Beach, California while Zellweger films the upcoming season of Only Murders in the Building in New York City. A source claimed the Wheeler Dealers co-host had been living in an apartment on French's property since he moved out of his rental in April. However, a representative for Anstead later shut down the report.
Daily Mail
30-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Renee & Ant haven't been seen together since March as he faces financial ruin
and her British TV host boyfriend Ant Anstead have been living apart for the past year, has learned. The couple, who began dating in 2021, have not been seen together in public since early March when they were pictured supporting Anstead's young son at a soccer game. And Anstead, known for his roles in TV shows Wheeler Dealers and Born Mechanic, has instead been spotted staying overnight at the Laguna Beach home of a glamorous California divorcee while Zellweger has been in New York filming for a TV show. Anstead, 46, is now facing bankruptcy for his car company, a raft of lawsuits demanding over $3million, and has been selling off his assets. In recent years he owned a multi-million-dollar house in the exclusive town of Laguna Beach, California, and was pictured in 2022 moving in with Zellweger in her $30,000-per-month clifftop home across the street. But for the past year he had downgraded to a modest two-bed rental listed at $4,250 per month. Anstead's spokeswoman told the small house he left over a month ago 'was rented solely by Mr Anstead'. His landlord confirmed Zellweger was not on the lease. The actress, 56, is currently in New York City filming a new season of show, Only Murders In The Building, while Anstead was believed to be spending time in his home country, the UK, in recent weeks before returning to Laguna. His rep told he 'continues to remain private about his cherished personal relationship.' Zellweger's rep declined to comment. Meanwhile, a source close to the Bridget Jones star told they are still dating, despite living apart. But last week, Anstead was spotted staying overnight at the home of wealthy 36-year-old Laguna woman Julia French – who goes by the name 'Jules'. Jules, who has worked as a certified spin instructor at Rhythm Ride Laguna Beach according to her Facebook page, is currently divorcing her hedge fund founder husband, James Hanna III, the father of her two young children. An observer told that in recent months Anstead was even spotted meeting Jules on the beach for a sunset rendezvous, a romantic setting in the sought-after Southern California coastal town. The French family are well-known in Laguna and own several properties around the elite seaside town. Her beachfront, five-bed home is worth an estimated $8million according to real estate site Redfin, and has a separate two-bed unit. A friend of French who helps manage her properties told last week that Anstead had not been living at French's home. But the TV presenter was spotted returning to the clifftop mansion after watching his son's soccer game on the evening of May 20, his car was in the driveway at the following morning, and he was later spotted emerging from the property for a coffee run with a male friend. Anstead was spotted again later the following day on the beach, talking, smiling, and laughing with another glamorous young woman with tattoos, wearing a colorful bathing suit. After hanging out on the sand, the pair walked up to the two-bed apartment on Jules's property and entered. A source close to Zellweger said the actress is wary of having him move in with her, even after four years of dating. 'Renee currently has a rental in Laguna. When Ant lost his rental, the obvious thing would have been for him to move into the rental with Renee. But she doesn't want them cohabiting, so he has to find his own place to stay,' the source said. 'That's kind of how the relationship works.' Rumors have been swirling of Zellweger and Anstead's relationship's potentially rocky status as his financial and legal woes mount. This month Anstead's supercar company Radford Motors filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Delaware court, which usually results in the liquidation of a firm. Anstead even posted a video on Instagram saying he was selling his prized Land Rover Defender – though he claimed in the post that he had a 'new car incoming'. He or his company together are facing three lawsuits from customers who accuse him or his company of fraud and breaking contracts, claiming he or his company took their deposits, lied about progress on construction of a million-dollar sports car, then failed to deliver the vehicle or give the angry customers their money back, according to court papers. And the landlord of his Costa Mesa, California, workshop has reportedly filed to evict Anstead's company, claiming it continued to occupy the Orange County warehouse despite their lease being terminated. Office neighbors told no staff had been seen at the bankrupt company's workshop for over a week, but Anstead's spokeswoman said the landlord had 'withdrawn the claim which was made in error'. Palm Beach surgeon Scott Katzman, ordered a $1million Lotus race car designed for the famous Pikes Peak Hill Climb from Radford. But he says he got no car, and no refund of his deposit. Katzman and co-plaintiff Lamborghini Palm Beach filed a lawsuit in Orange County, California, on May 15 last year demanding $1,050,000 plus interest and 'exemplary and punitive damages' against Anstead and his two firms, Radford Motors P62, Inc and Finest Coachbuilding Group, LLC (FCG), for failing to refund him or deliver a car. Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, resident Pastor Velasco, also ordered a Radford car in March 2021 and paid a $100,000 deposit, he said. At the same time, he loaned Anstead's firm $2million at 12% interest. Velasco, who joined the board of Radford and secured his loan against the company's assets, filed a March 2024 Orange County lawsuit against Anstead's firm claiming it canceled the car contract and failed to finish repaying the loan or to refund the deposit. He is demanding $2.9million. A third plaintiff, Timothy Tasker, said he paid a $100,000 deposit in May 2022, but received no car or refund. Tasker's lawsuit filed against Anstead's firm in May last year says he believes that 'to date defendants have delivered no Type 62 Vehicles and that several people had submitted deposits similar to and in excess of the deposit paid by plaintiff and that those similarly situated individuals have likewise requested the return of their deposits without success.' Tasker and Katzman's lawsuits both accuse Anstead's company of 'fraud' for allegedly lying about his car-building progress and his plans to repay debts - and Katzman's suit names Anstead himself as an alleged perpetrator. Anstead has denied the legal claims and is contesting the lawsuits in court. His company called Velasco's lawsuit an 'ambush', and said the judge ruled that Velasco had 'bullied' FCG into the loan agreement which 'unjustly enriched Velasco through his own breaches of fiduciary duty'. A letter to customers from Radford's board said they had ploughed more money into the firm to try to save it and deliver orders, but that on legal advice they had recently appointed a trustee 'to administer and potentially sell the assets of the Company for the benefit of all stakeholders.' Action: Renee is currently in New York City filming for a new season of Only Murders In The Building Anstead's legal and financial troubles could be a case of life imitating art. Friends were telling in February that Renee put the brakes on her relationship with Anstead, revealing she had no plans of marriage to her real-life Mr. Darcy. 'Renee and Ant have been dating for over three years,' one insider said. 'She loves the relationship the way it is. 'She's seen so many couples, especially celebrities like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie who have happily dated, only to split not long after getting married. 'Why would she risk rocking the boat and rushing to take her relationship with Ant to the next level?' Responding to story today, Anstead's rep responded that 'Mr. Anstead and Miss Zelwegger (sic) are still together.' The rep added: 'Mr Anstead is working mostly in the UK, and he has spent some of his limited time back in OC at his friend's home. His friend Jules has a separate, detached guest house and the suggestion that their relationship is anything other than platonic is unacceptable.'
