Renee Zellweger refused to ‘put her foot down’ for Colin Firth (EXCL)

Renee Zellweger i Hugh Grant‘s chemistry was red hot while filming the fourth installment of the Bridget Jones franchise, Crazy about the boyand a source explains it exclusively Life and style they have their former franchise co-star Colin Firth fuming with jealousy!

“The story they tell in the fourth Bridget Jones The film, and indeed the teaser at the end of the third film, is all about bringing Hugh Grant’s character back into the story in a big, comedic way,” says the source.

The first movie, Bridget Jones’s Diarybased on Helen FieldingThe novel of the same name by Renée, 55, after 32, was in a love triangle between two characters, Mark Darcy, played by Colin Firth, 64, and Daniel Cleaver, played by Hugh Grant, 64 .

With the character of Hugh set to return to the franchise, “this has meant that Colin Firth has been removed from the series,” the source explains.

“Colin’s a busy guy and he’s not short of opportunities, but this still stings because he’s been involved in these projects for so long and they’re very solid successes around the world.”

the first Bridget Jones’s Diary was a huge box office success, bringing in $282 million against a $25 million budget, along with glowing reviews, a loyal fan base, and high praise for Renée’s performance, which went describe as “a nice, friendly and funny character, giving a lot of charm to this romantic comedy”.

The second installment, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reasonearned the actress a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture and went on to become another box office hit, again grossing hundreds of millions on a budget of tens of millions .

The most recent Bridget Jones film, Bridget Jones’s Babypublished in 2016, dropped Hugh, 64, in favor of Patrick Dempsey for the third leg of the love triangle, like the Four weddings and a funeral The star didn’t like the script and walked out of the film after finishing at #2.

Although Colin faithfully stars in all of them Bridget Jones chapter so far, the source says that the producers of the fourth film have put him on ice and that even Renée is not doing much to fight for him.

“Yes, Colin is at the mercy of the original books written by the franchise’s creator, novelist Helen Fielding, but the film adaptations are a different matter,” says the source.

The third installment in the franchise moved away from the author’s series of novels and focused on the anonymous columns that Fielding had written in the early 2000s that started the Bridget Jones saga.

“It certainly could have been written back into the series, but that wasn’t the direction Renée wanted to go, and she’s the most important voice in the room when it comes to how to make these movies.”

“If Renée had put her foot down and said Colin has to be in the movie, they would have figured out a way to include him. But clearly she didn’t, and that hurts.”