
Of course I wasn't Jude, with her self-help books and horrible boyfriend. what's it like being Jude?’ she asked,” MacLeod writes. “At the launch party for the first Bridget book, I was cornered by a smug married friend, ‘So. In a column for the Evening Standard, MacLeod described how she didn’t even realize she inspired part of her best friend’s story until Fielding’s book launch party. These include Jude (Tracey MacLeod) and Shazzer (Sharon Maguire, also the film’s director). SEVERAL CHARACTERS ARE BASED ON PEOPLE IN HELEN FIELDING’S LIFE. I assumed no one would read it, and it would be dropped after six weeks for being too silly.” 2. I offered to write an anonymous column instead, using an exaggerated, comic, fictional character.

Much as I needed the money, the idea of writing about myself in that way seemed hopelessly embarrassing and revealing. In the foreword of Bridget Jones’s Diary, author Helen Fielding wrote about how she came to conjure up the story: “ The Independent asked me to write a column, as myself, about single life in London. THE SOURCE NOVEL CAME ABOUT FROM AN ANONYMOUS COLUMN ABOUT SINGLE LIFE. Get to know more about the timeless dramedy that’s been delighting audiences since 2001.

Enter two strapping gentlemen (Colin Firth and Hugh Grant) to vie for her heart.

Based on Helen Fielding’s novel of the same name, it tells the story of a very single, and hopelessly romantic, working professional named Bridget (Renée Zellweger) who is determined to improve her love life. While it's not officially a holiday movie, so much of the action in Bridget Jones's Diary happens around the most wonderful time of the year that the rom-com has become essential wintertime viewing for many movie fans.
