Some of the new Bridget Jones film has
The
Supreme Court has revealed that scenes from the much-anticipated Bridget
Jones’s Baby film
have been shot in its main courtroom. As
fans of the franchise may know, Bridget Jones’ on-off lover Mark Darcy
(played by Colin Firth) is a human rights lawyer, so to accommodate his
lawyering scenes the Supreme Court agreed to let filmmakers use its main
courtroom as their set. Firth —
whose character is reportedly modelled
on actual barrister Mark Muller QC of Doughty
Street Chambers — and
crew filmed in the court for just one weekend, so as to not get in the way
of all the important law stuff. This
is the first time the highest court in the country has opened its doors to
a feature film crew, and is all part of a wider programme of generating
income to ease pressure on the public purse. Can we
expect cameos from Lady Hale and co? Unfortunately
not. Though the Supreme Court justices were consulted on the approach, the
film’s producers brought in actors to fill the bench. A Supreme
Court spokesperson has commented: Other
legal hotspots which feature in the new Bridget Jones film — based on
the chick lit series by British writer Helen Fielding — include the Old
Bailey and Middle Temple.
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