Bridget Jones director hits out at ‘nonsense’ Leo Woodall age gap debate Renee Zellweger and Leo Woodall have a 22-year age difference in the on-screen romance.
After Jones was originated in a column written by The Independent columnist Helen Fielding, the film version became a box office smash and received an Oscar nomination for its leading actor Renée Zellweger.
The director of the new Bridget Jones film, Michael Morris, has responded to the debate surrounding the movie’s age-gap relationship.
The director, whose last film To Leslie earned Andrea Riseborough a Leading Actress Oscar nomination, said he has always seen a part of himself in the “chaotic and imperfect” Bridget.
The film is the fourth instalment of the popular franchise that became a cultural phenomenon when romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary was released in 2001.
