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Hugh Grant admits he wasn't keen on Renee Zellweger playing Bridget Jones

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Hugh Grant admits he had initial reservations about Renee Zellweger being cast in Bridget Jones’s Diary.There were raised eyebrows when the American was given the lead role in the 2000 smash.

Many thought the part had to go to a Brit and that anyone from across the Atlantic playing troubled Bridget was a huge gamble.The chain-smoking, wine-swilling character of course went on to win our hearts - but Renee had to earn her place in film history.The decision caused much controversy as she was a non-smoker, wasn't overweight and, of course, was not English.

Hugh, it appears, also had his doubts. Speaking in a new documentary, the Love Actually star said: “There was a whole scandal about why isn’t this a British actress.

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