Renée Zellweger with Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding

Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding had a rather interesting answer when put on the spot about whether Keir Starmer inspired the character of Mark Darcy.

At the premiere of Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy on Wednesday evening, BBC News asked Helen about the rumours the now-PM was in her mind when she was putting together Bridget’s love interest, played in the films by Colin Firth.

She teased: “All I’ll say about that is that if you look at early pictures of Colin in the film and pictures of Keir Starmer in a wig, they’re awfully similar…”

Colin Firth as Mark Darcy in the first Bridget Jones film

However, back in 2020, four years before Starmer was elected PM, Helen told a rather different story.

Speaking to

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