Renée Zellweger recalls how Colin Firth made her cry on first day filming new Bridget Jones movieThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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00:00It's not a spoiler, it's in the book, it's in the trailer,
00:02but at the beginning of the movie, we learn that Mark Darcy,
00:05Colin Firth's character, has passed away.
00:07Mm-hmm. Yeah.
00:08I know. How do you react when you read that?
00:11You know, I was really surprised at how emotional it was
00:14to be on the set that day.
00:16I mean, I read the book, I read the script,
00:18we did the table reading, I knew I didn't know
00:19what was gonna happen, but when Colin was standing there
00:22in all his Mark Darcy finery with his Mark Darcy
00:25little briefcase, I started welling up,
00:28and I thought, my God, I'm a crazy person.
00:30Yeah, you're like, he's just a character.
00:33This is just a character in the movie.
00:35Yeah, we all loved him, though.
00:36I love Mark Darcy, and I love Bridget and Mark,
00:38and I love working with Colin,
00:40and working with somebody for 25 years, you know?
00:43I know. It's a thing.
00:44And Hugh Grant. Yes!
00:46Hugh Grant returns. Yes!
00:48And what's it like being back together with Hugh?
00:50Oh, he's the best. He really is.
00:52He's so much fun, but I don't have to tell anybody
00:54that, you guys know.
00:55He's our, like, favorite grumbler in chief, isn't he?