The stunt was used for when they crashed through the window, but otherwise the climatic rumble between Mark and Daniel was unkind. Firth told Los Angeles Times 2016, “We are two very ineffective, scared, angry yuppies that go on each other – to kill your hair and want to run away at the same time.”
Grant told cinema.com“I have been trying to do something like that for several years. You know, when the script says” they fight “, to ban stunt coordinator from the set. Because they always try to make it look so Hollywood. You know, we fight like two middle -class trained English would fight. Which I always have to be a cowardly
But if they had to fight for real, “I would obviously win!” Grant promised. “You know, I was trained to kill! But Colin did fantastic, for someone who is not so, yes, sporty.”
As it turned out, however, they were a smash here and the audience demanded more.
“Hugh and I have only ever worked together to fight,“ Firth Deadpanned in a Fandango Extran Clip After he and Grant were forced Tussle again in the 2004 sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. “On the first movie we had very little together, except the fight. Here we are again, do absolutely nothing except to fight again.”
So when they were reunited for the long -awaited scene, they really went for it. With the trash, that is.
“Of course, he complained bitterly,” Firth said. “I hurt him,” he had bruises. I think if we ever did it again I would advise him to get some training first. “
Grant offered: “Colin must now spend even more time in the trailer, the poor old boy, because he is, you know, he loses it a bit. I think he would be the first to tell it. He has gone a little jowly and his neck is a bit shaved and all this.”
Firth counteracted, “I think he spent some time paying attention to his body and his fitness at that time. It is remarkable that the difference three years can do, really, because it was certainly easier for me because he was much more fleshier and his contours were softer. It was more like wrestling my grandmother from that point.”
