Bridget Jones to be immortalised with a statue in London's Leicester Square
London’s favourite singleton is being honoured with a statue in Leicester Square. Bridget Jones will join Harry Potter, Paddington Bear and Mary Poppins on the Scenes in the Square trail.
A new statue is coming to Leicester Square - and she’s armed with Chardonnay, a diary and a slightly questionable taste in men. Yep, everyone’s favourite singleton, Bridget Jones, is finally getting a statue in London.
This November, the character, famously played by Renée Zellweger, will be immortalised in statue form as part of Leicester Square’s Scenes in the Square film trail.
The brand-new bronze statue will capture Bridget in all her perfectly imperfect glory, joining a star-studded line-up that includes Harry Potter, Paddington, Mary Poppins, and Wonder Woman.
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First appearing in Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary before hitting cinema screens in 2001, the chain-smoking, cocktail-loving romantic redefined what it meant to be a leading lady.
Forget Jane Austen’s upright heroines, Bridget was Elizabeth Bennett with a bad date, a bottle of wine and some “absolutely enormous pants.”
Now, 25 years on, the Working Title film franchise has earned nearly $900 million worldwide, with Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy wrapping up the saga earlier this year.
Director Michael Morris said it best: “Bridget has always belonged to London – her mess, her magic, her heart. To see her immortalised here, in the middle of the city she’s stumbled through and loved so fiercely, feels like the perfect love letter to her and to everyone who’s ever cheered her on.”
Helen Fielding, author of the Bridget Jones books, comments: “For Bridget to be honoured as a British Icon with her own statue alongside Paddington Bear, Mary Poppins and Admiral Lord Nelson (alright, he’s down the road a bit!) is a huge thrill and reason for everyone to raise a glass of Chardonnay to being ‘just as you are.’ I am touched and delighted for Bridget and Renée and hope that Bridget’s Mummy Pants will ensure a sleek silhouette for this exciting statue unveiling.”
The statue will be unveiled this November, marking the first romantic comedy to be celebrated in the Scenes in the Square trail – a free, family-friendly tribute to 100 years of cinema magic in Leicester Square.
So here’s to our Bridget - who we love, just the way she is.