Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor have revealed that they're both open to returning to the Bridget Jones franchise.
"A hundred percent," Woodall tells Parade when asked whether he would return. "For sure, it'd be great if that were to happen," Ejiofor adds, "but obviously at the moment, that's not on the cards and we'll have to see."
Their comments came after Renée Zellweger, who's now been playing Bridget for close to 25 years, made it clear that she would love to return to the role.
In Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, the two British actors star as very different kinds of love interests for Zellweger's hapless heroine. Woodall is Roxster, a strapping and carefree twentysomething who sweeps Bridget off her feet, while Ejiofor is Mr. Wallaker, a seemingly aloof teacher at Bridget's children's school who gradually reveals a softer side.
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As you might guess from those character descriptions, there are some echoes of Hugh Grant's Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth's Mark Darcy here—but only distant ones. "I love the echoes of the OGs, but it's nice to occupy a new space in Bridget's life," Woodall says. "Those two are irreplaceable."
Unlike Daniel and Mark, Roxster and Mr. Wallaker don't have preexisting beef with each other, and they're not direct rivals for Bridget's affections—so no, regrettably, there is no fight scene. Woodall joked that he would only return to the franchise, "if they include a fight scene [between us]", but on reflection, actors agreed that their characters aren't the brawling types.
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"He's not a fighter, Mr. Wallaker," Ejiofor said. "He's evolved. It would take a lot. I'm not even sure [Woodall's character] Rox is a fighter." Woodall added: "Yeah, I don't think he is. He's too happy to fight."
Ejiofor went on to talk about his long-standing love for the world of Bridget Jones, which made signing on for the fourth film a no-brainer. "The films are, I suppose, geared towards women, but they've always had a huge male fan base as well, me being one of them," he said. "I really remember the first film coming out, and I felt that it spoke to where I was at as well. Bridget's reaction to the kind of chaos of the world, or feeling out of step with the world, felt familiar to me. And then these brilliantly written male characters as well, who were funny and iconic and charming in their own completely different ways, and so there was a lot to relate to."
Twenty-four years on from the release of the first film, the mood of the franchise has shifted with its characters. The fourth film picks up with Bridget as a widow, following the sudden offscreen death of Mark Darcy, and delivers some truly devastating emotional beats alongside the expected rom-com fun.
"When I read this script, I was like, 'I think this is brilliant'," Ejiofor went on. "It captures all of the elements that we love about the Bridget Jones world, but it's also talking about the struggles that people have and the complications that you have as life moves forward. It's emotional, but without losing any of the humor and charm."
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy will be released in theaters on Feb. 14.
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