Renée Zellweger, the two-time Academy Award winner finest recognized for her iconic function in Bridget Jones’s Diary, has opened up about her six-year hiatus from Hollywood in a revealing interview. Talking along with her former co-star Hugh Grant to British Vogue, Zellweger described the break as a much-needed reprieve.
“I used to be sick of the sound of my very own voice,” she admitted. “After I was working, I used to be like, ‘Oh, my gosh, take heed to you. Are you unhappy once more, Renée? Oh, is that this your mad voice?’ It was a regurgitation of the identical emotional experiences.”
The break, which started after filming My Personal Love Music in 2010, noticed Zellweger step away from the highlight to embrace extra private and behind-the-scenes pursuits. As an alternative of being on-screen, she immersed herself in research and filmmaking.
“I wrote music and studied worldwide legislation,” she defined. “I constructed a home, rescued a pair of older doggies, created a partnership that led to a manufacturing firm, advocated for and fundraised with a sick buddy, and spent a number of time with household and godchildren and driving throughout the nation with the canine. I obtained wholesome.”
When the actress returned to the display in 2016, it was to reprise her function in Bridget Jones’s Baby, it was with a contemporary perspective that enabled her to tackle extra work corresponding to Judy, a Judy Garland biopic that received Zellweger an Oscar in 2020.
Reflecting on her time away, she informed InStyle in 2019, “I simply knew that there have been sure issues I wanted to prioritise… slowing down and dealing on constructing a life.”
After a slew of performances since, Zellweger has once more manintaind a life outdoors of the limelight regardless of starting a romance with British TV introduced Ant Anstead in 2021.
She stars as soon as once more because the titular Bridget Jones within the upcoming fourth instalment, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy which premieres subsequent moth—catch the trailer under.
