Bridget Jones’s Baby > Trivia
- In the first film, Bridget’s birthday is November 9th, but by the third film, it has moved to May 9th.
- The filmmakers shot three different endings for this movie. None of the cast members knew which one was used until it opened in cinemas.
- According to Colin Firth, his new rival, Patrick Dempsey’s Jack Qwant, is more intimidating than his former opponent, Hugh Grant’s Daniel Cleaver. “Mark didn’t think Daniel was better than him. This guy Jack seems to be more of the charming good guy, and in some ways that’s scarier.”
- Hugh Grant was originally slated to return as Daniel Cleaver in the film, but he ultimately turned down the role, citing dissatisfaction with the script and concerns that the character would need to be significantly altered to fit into the story, something he was unwilling to do.
- Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran makes a cameo playing at the music festival where Bridget meets Jack.
- Helen Fielding wrote a novel titled Bridget Jones’ Baby, which was released after this movie. In this book, the two possible fathers were Mark Darcy and Daniel Cleaver.
- Bridget’s diary has been replaced with a tablet/iPad.
- With the release of this film, the Bridget Jones series became the only romantic comedy trilogy of the new millennium to have all three installments released in theaters and starring the same lead actress throughout.
- Shipped to some theaters under the name London Bridge.