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Helen Fielding Interview: ‘It Is Extraordinary To Me That Bridget Jones Is Still Being Discussed’
“It is extraordinary to me that Bridget Jones, which I started writing so casually as an anonymous newspaper column to make ends meet, is still being discussed 25 years later,” reflects Helen Fielding, author of the four Bridget Jones novels. Twenty years after the cinematic release of Bridget Jones’ Diary, the pull of one of modern literature’s most unlikely heroines feels as if it has barely waned: such is the universality of Bridget’s story. Excitingly, there’s buzz about a new film, but how will she fare in a more socially-conscious era? When Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Renée Zellweger strode youthfully...