Comments on: 3 Bridget Jones, 3 Furious

By: Nomie

Nomie — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:50:29 +0000

Please don’t call her Squintyface. Renee’s mother is of Sami origin (indigenous people of Norway), which means that Renee has the narrow eyes and prominent cheekbones that go along with it.

To actually be on topic – Renee was slender but not bony in Empire Records, and I think that’s what she probably looks like normally. Seeing her go from Bridget Jones to Chicago, when you could see her sternum? That was scary.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:37:44 +0000

I don’t want her to wear a fat suit but yes, I see what she is saying. It’s just not healthy to gain and lose that much weight in a short period of time. And she is a very petite person so she probably did notice the extra weight. Plus, I read an interview where she said that she didn’t really gain the weight in a healthy way since she didn’t have much time. A bunch of Hershey bars is not a great way to put on pounds.
I do have to say though…I thought she looked really cute and healthy as Bridget Jones. I know it probably didn’t feel normal to her but she looked great!

By: Felicia

Felicia — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:27:25 +0000

It does seem unreasonable for her to gain the weight and then lose it again repeatedly.

By: Karna

Karna — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:14:47 +0000

thanks for the answers

By: FatGirl

FatGirl — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:48:28 +0000

I pretty much agree with you. I hate the whole weight gain/loss thing people do for parts.. why can’t they cast someone who fits the part better? It’s usually so unhealthy.. but I guess that’s part of being an actor. Still, you wouldn’t find me doing anything drastic just to play a part. Why put your health at risk like that? What, to make money? Please!

By: Fatadelic

Fatadelic — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:26:29 +0000

Didn’t Renee wear a fat suit for some of the BJ2 scenes? I remember watching a particular scene with her in an ugly jumper and thinking that the latex double chins looked really, really fake and offensive.

By: worthyourweight

worthyourweight — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:12:32 +0000

The really insane thing? Bridget Jones is not even fat. The character weighs 136 at her highest in the films, IIRC. NOT FAT.

Oh, and a Texan playing the British Bridget is just payback for Vivien Leigh playing the ultimate Southern belle, Scarlett O’Hara ^_^

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:20:47 +0000

Why did Renee Zellweger have to gain 40 pounds to represent the 5-10 pounds her character was supposed to have gained?

Well, she started out at 30 pounds below an average weight woman like Bridget, gained the 30 pounds for the first movie, and then went back down to her below average weight. So to be 10 pounds heavier than in the first movie, she had to gain the 30 pounds back, plus 10 more.

By: B Matthews

B Matthews — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:43:01 +0000

Personally I love Bridget’s “wobbly bits”. I do wish that they’d actually given the initial role to someone a little heavier, but hey, I really think that these two movies are some of my favorite of Renee Z’s work. Normally I really don’t care for her, something about her overly squinty eyes makes me uneasy when I see her. I’m so pleased that other people have noticed and marked her as squinty… THANKS, MO!! (“Squintyface”, indeed. HA!)

By: JoGeek

JoGeek — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:39:46 +0000

I wonder if they didn’t want to cast someone who would overshadow Inara? I loved Kaylee’s character, the fact that she was so healthy and happy, and a genuine love interest even though she was “Hollywood fat” It does remind me of the Wizard of Oz, where they had Judy Garland gain quite a bit of weight between the first shootings and the final product so that she would look more “girl next door”. I wonder if that’s just a euphemism for looking like a normal human being instead of an artificial fantasy creation? I adore Firefly, you’re so lucky to have gotten the pilot! :-)