Bridget Jones inspired me to start keeping a ‘weight diary’, says Alex Light. Read more on Grazia.
With a fourth film in the works more Bridget-mania is on the way. But Alex Light says the film's obsession with weight fed into her own unhealthy relationship with food.Bridget Jones is back, with reports that a fourth movie will begin filming in London in May. Renee Zellweger is already looking for somewhere to live while she films. I’m just as excited as everyone else. I love nothing more than settling down to a good rom com – and Bridget Jones is a classic for my generation.
When I posted about this on my Instagram I was inundated with comments from women who explained they had felt similarly. It clearly resonates with a lot of people who grew up on the film as I did it. This depiction of Bridget is ludicrous and dangerous in equal measure, and I can’t believe we didn’t see it at the time. I guess we were just too entrenched in diet culture.
The writers should never have attached numbers to Bridget’s view of herself as ‘fat’ - this was hugely triggering. Having her weight documented to the pound - along with its fluctuations, both big and small - is incredibly unhealthy behaviour and something that a lot of the eating disorder community have experienced. Seeing that played out on screen only serves to normalise and perpetuate the behaviour.
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