Over the last two decades, fans have lived with Bridget through love, with Grant’s Daniel, Colin Firth ‘s Mark Darcy, and some other characters along the way, heartbreak and loss. In the film’s fourth iteration, fans will meet Bridget as a single mom raising her son alone after the death of Firth’s character.

Renée Zellweger has an explanation for her six-year break from Hollywood. The actress, 55, revealed why she took an acting hiatus from 2010 to 2016 during a British Vogue Q&A with her “Bridget Jones Diary” co-star Hugh Grant.