The truth about FAKE Bridget Jones scene revealed as well as all the secrets you didn't know about the iconic movie franchise
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Fans don't have long to wait until Britain's favourite heroine Bridget Jones is back on the big screen.
Returning for the fourth installment of the series, Bridget Jones, Mad About The Boy premiered in London on Wednesday, 24 years after the first film was released in 2001.
With her big knickers, cramped flat, unrealistic weight loss goals and complicated dating life, Bridget quickly became an iconic character.
At the end of 2016's Bridget Jones' Baby, Renee had finally married Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) after it was revealed the high-flying lawyer was the father of her baby.
However the trailer for the upcoming fourth film comes after Mark's tragic death as Bridget is encouraged to get back on the horse by her friends after self-imposing a four-year sex ban after his passing.
Yet the film hasn't always been telling fans the whole truth, as MailOnline reveals one fake scene and exposes the movies' other secrets.
The truth about FAKE Bridget Jones scene is revealed as well as all the secrets you didn't know about the iconic movie franchise
In the snow scene it wasn't ACTUALLY snowing
Inspired by It's A Wonderful Life, the iconic ending where she ends up in Mark Darcy's arms wouldn't have been as romantic without snow.... but there was one problem they were filming in the summer
The snowy scene at the end of the movie was actually all fake as it was all filmed during the summer.
Inspired by It's A Wonderful Life, the iconic ending where she ends up in Mark Darcy's arms wouldn't have been as romantic if it hadn't have been set in the beautiful snowy scene.
Other snow scenes in the film were also fake, after they covered Bridget's family home in the village of Snowshill in Gloucestershire in artificial snow.
The house used in the film was owned by local residents John and Jill Hooper who met several members of the cast, including Renee and Hugh.
According to Denise Edwards of the National Trust: 'The strangest thing was that they covered the whole village in artificial snow.'
To create the winter wonderland in the middle of July film makers cut flowers off plants, put up Christmas lights on the houses and a Christmas tree in the village and covered the Hooper's house in Christmas decorations including a Santa on the roof.
As well as faking the seasons, the film is full of other secrets fans will never have expected....
Renee Zellweger actually worked as a publishing assistant at Picador to get in role for the part
To get into the role the actress interned for three weeks as a publishing assistant at Picador, where Helen Fielding's novel was actually published
Renee has embodied the character of Bridget Jones after playing the iconic character for over 20 years.
And to get into the role the actress interned for three weeks as a publishing assistant at Picador, where Helen Fielding's novel was actually published.
Going incognito as Bridget Cavendish, the actress spent her days answering calls, photo-copying and going through the newspapers on the look out for any book related stories.
Only Camilla Elworthy knew Bridget's true identity after she was approached by one of the film's producers to act as Renee's boss.
He told her: 'Please do give her lots of work to do. She just wants to blend into the background and it will be no different from having a work experience person around.'
The star's work in the office was so impressive that during one meeting the deputy publisher Maria Rejt even offered to help her find a job if she was serious about getting into publishing.
After bonding in the office, Renee went on to even invite Camilla to be an extra on set with half her head visible for a nano-second in the launch party scene.
There was a knitting challenge to pick Mark Darcy's ugly Christmas sweater
Director Sharon Maguire sent out a knitting challenge to around between 20 and 30 knitters to create Mark's Christmas masterpiece
Director Sharon Maguire sent out a knitting challenge to around between 20 and 30 knitters to create Mark's Christmas masterpiece.
However picking a winner wasn't easy, as Sharon revealed: 'At first, none of the designs worked. They were lovely, but they just weren't funny. So eventually we decided it had to be a moose, not a reindeer.
Despite the effort knitters went to, Colin Firth wasn't a fan of the sweater as he previously said: 'I have at times been unfairly blamed for subsequent surges in Christmas sweater sales.
'For whatever reason, I tend to break a sweat at the sight of them. Also, I never noticed it was a moose.'
Hugh Grant didn't know Renee was American until the wrap party
After negative backlash over her casting, Renee made sure she perfected her British accent and kept her Texan twang a secret, so much so not even Hugh Grant knew her true voice
The decision to cast an American actress as the British heroine in the franchise was originally met with much disdain from the public.
Speaking about the initial backlash, in an interview in 2016, Renee said she 'didn’t realise just how widespread this controversy was'.
However during her 'work experience' at the publishing firm the star would find articles criticising the decision.
She revealed: 'Every now and then something would pop up and I would see "C**p American Comedian Playing English Icon", and I’d have to cut it out and go put it in the file'.
Renee then made it her mission to perfect her British accent and keep her Texan twang a secret, so much so not even Hugh Grant knew her true voice.
'Not once did she stop speaking with that accent, until the wrap party,' Grant told Cinema.com.
'When suddenly this weird Texan appeared. I wanted to call security, I didn't know who the f**k she was!'
The fight scene between Mark and Daniel was not choreographed... and they didn't fly through the window
While a 'fight scene' was written into the script, the details were incredible vague, merely telling the actors 'a fight ensues'
It is one of the most hilarious scenes of the franchise, when the famous brawl breaks out between Bridget's love interests Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant).
However while a 'fight scene' was written into the script, the details were incredible vague, merely telling the actors 'a fight ensues'.
Even though director Sharon called in a stunt coordinator to choreograph the fight, Colin and Hugh decided that their characters wouldn't know any fighting moves and it would be better for them to just free style.
As Sharon asked the duo what they thought there characters would do, Hugh replied: 'Well, he would probably just b***h-slap him.'
While Colin added: 'I’d probably kick him in a rather ineffectual way.'
The actors were therefore given free reign, however a stunt double was called in for the moment the pair crash through a restaurant window onto the street.
The stunt used sugar glass and was filmed in one take over the soundtrack It's Raining Men.
You can now eat in Bridget Jones' flat as apartment is turned into Thai restaurant
Once a room known for diary writing, vodka chugging and blue soup slurping, the living room of the noughties' favourite protagonist has been subject to a recent transformation
Taking up residence in the famous living room is new Thai BBQ restaurant, Khao Bird, which serves up sharing style dishes from the northern region of the south-east Asian country
Once a room known for diary writing, vodka chugging and blue soup slurping, the living room of the noughties' favourite protagonist has been subject to a recent transformation.
The fictional character's Borough Market flat is now home to much more palatable menu - and one that would be familiar to the rom-com heroine.
Taking up residence in the famous living room is new Thai BBQ restaurant, Khao Bird, which serves up sharing style dishes from the northern region of the south-east Asian country.
The eatery is located on the second floor of the building, above the Globe Tavern pub, and the menu includes a tasty range of barbecue, curry and noodle options.
While owners have not dedicated the restaurant to the franchise, they revealed they have invented a cocktail in honour of the building's history.
Mike Palmer and Luke Larsson, who run the diner, have created a 'blue soup' slush drink to reference the disastrous meal served by Bridget to her love interest, Mark Darcy, played by Colin Firth, and friends.
Helen Fielding asked her friend Salman Rushdie to cameo in the film
Helen Fielding asked her friend Salman Rushdie to cameo in the film after she called him up and asked whether he would want to make a fool of himself
Bridget meets author Salman Rushdie at a book launch where she is supposed to introduce him but instead asks him: 'Do you know...where the toilets are?'
Revealing how he ended up in the film, the novelist told Texas Monthly, 'Helen Fielding, the author of the book, is an old pal of mine, and she asked if I’d come along and make a fool of myself, and I said, "Why not?"'
