The Bridget Jones film series began with a love triangle, so it’s only fitting that the the final installment, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, has one too.
The first trailer for the upcoming movie, which was released on Tuesday, November 12, shows the titular heroine (Renée Zellweger) reentering the dating scene four years after the death of her beloved husband, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth).
“You just have to get laid,” Bridget’s friend Shazzer (Sally Phillips) tells her.
“You are effectively a nun. A very, very naughty nun,” says her ex Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), who is back for Mad About the Boy. It was previously revealed at the end of Bridget Jones’s Baby that Daniel had been found alive after being presumed dead from a plane crash.
Bridget’s pal Miranda (Sarah Solemani) makes her a Tinder profile, but the diarist gets the attention of two men through more unconventional circumstances — while attempting to help her two young children down from a tree, Bridget gets stuck.
Mr. Walker (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a teacher at her kids’ school, and a handsome stranger named Roxster (Leo Woodall), rush to her aid, prompting Bridget to conclude, “Oh, my God. I’ve climbed a magical man-tree.” Roxster proceeds to wrap his arms around Bridget — and briefly check out her butt — while helping her down.
Bridget begins spending time with both lads, accompanying Mr. Walker on a camping field trip and asking Roxster how old he is over drinks.
“28,” he replies. “No, I’m just kidding. I’m 29.”
As “These Words” by Natasha Bedingfield plays, the trailer shows glimpses of Bridget trying to find happiness again while still mourning Mark.
“Do you miss dada sometimes?” Bridget’s daughter asks.
“I miss him all of the times,” she replies.
Firth, 64, who starred in the first three Bridget Jones films before author Helen Fielding killed off his character in the third Bridget Jones book, makes a cameo in the trailer, but only as a memory. Mark and Bridget walk up to a house together, but when the door opens, Bridget is standing alone.
“In life, there are memories that will never leave us, but sometimes those memories are suddenly all you’re left with,” Zellweger’s voiceover says.
While Grant — who said during an October appearance on The Graham Norton Show that he was “crammed in” to the new film despite there being “no obvious role” for his character — called Mad About the Boy “very sad” at points, the trailer is far from being all doom and gloom.
“I had a full night of utterly mind-blowing sex and it was amazing,” a disheveled looking Bridget yells without realizing that the studio behind her is already filled with live audience members, who go on to applaud her NSFW confession. Clearly, fans can look forward to more of Bridget’s signature antics in the final chapter.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy hits theaters on February 12, 2025.
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