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Hugh Grant won’t be in Bridget Jones 3

Hugh Grant, the British heartthrob we all kind of wanted to date at one stage or another, is no longer going to be a part of the next Bridget Jones’s Diary series, according to US magazine.

And I’m like “WHAT?!”

How could there be a third movie without Daniel? (SPOILER ALERT) He plays such a wonderful role in the lives of Bridget and her children in Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy. Wouldn’t it be great to see his transformation from can’t-tie-me-down-bachelor to actual grown up come to life on screen? How could you do this to me Dan... I mean Hugh?! How could you?!

There have been rumours of a third movie since before there was even a third book. So maybe Hugh just got a bit tired of waiting around to appear in the movie.

The actor told Free Radio that he’s decided not to do the movie, but he thinks it might go ahead without his playboy character, Daniel. He also says the book is excellent, but the script for it is completely different to Mad About The Boy which was released in 2013. Well, the one he last saw a few years ago.

If you couldn’t tell, I’m a rather big fan. So I’ll just go home, eat ice cream and sing “all by myself” on repeat for an hour.

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