Renee Zellweger is opening up about why she took a break from acting.
In an interview with British Vogue Posted Wednesday, Bridget Jones’s Diary The star was joined by her co-star Hugh Grant for a chat. Zellweger reflects on her hiatus from acting from 2010 to 2016.
When asked why she did it, Zellweger said: “Because I needed to. I was tired of the sound of my voice. When I was working, I was like, ‘Oh my God, listen to you. Are you sad again, Renee? Oh, is that your crazy voice?’ It was a rumination on the same emotional experiences.
During the break, Zellweger said she stayed busy. “I wrote music and studied international law. I built a house, rescued a pair of older dogs, created a partnership that led to a production company, advocated for and fundraised for a sick friend, spent a lot of time with family and grandchildren and drove cross-country with the dogs. “I have become healthy.”
In 2010, the actress temporarily put her acting career on hold after filming the film My special love song. She returned in 2016 to reprise her role as Bridget Jones Bridget Jones’s baby.
At the time of her comeback in 2016, Zellweger had previously opened up about herself British Vogue About why you need to stop.
“As a creative person, saying no to this wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime project is difficult,” she said. “But I was exhausted and didn’t take the time I needed to recover between projects, and I suffered from that.”
She also explained that during that period she “found anonymity” and “could have exchanges with people on a human level and be seen and heard, and not identified with this image that precedes me when I walk into a room.”
“You can’t be a good storyteller if you don’t have life experiences, and you can’t connect with people,” she said.
Now, Zellweger is back in the role of Bridget Jones Bridget Jones: Boy Crazy.
“I love her,” Zellweger said of why she returned to portray the character. “And her story is not over yet. As long as Helen [Fielding] And he writes with pen on paper, she is alive.
in Bridget Jones: Boy crazyBridget Jones is reeling after the loss of Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and living life as a single mother. She eventually finds herself in two potential romances: a teacher at her children’s school (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and a younger man (Leo Woodall).
The film is the fourth in the franchise and follows Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason (2004) and Bridget Jones’s baby (2016). Mad about the boy It will head straight to streaming in the US via Peacock on February 13.
