Bridget Jones star Leo Woodall defends age gap romance in new movie

Bridget Jones prima Leo Woodall, 28, has defended the property spread romance successful the caller movie, which is released successful cinemas crossed the UK connected February 13

Bridget Jones prima Leo Woodall, 28, has defended the property spread romance successful the 4th movie, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy.

Leo became a heartthrob erstwhile helium starred successful heartbreaking Netflix play One Day past year. Now, he's starring arsenic Renée Zellweger's, 55, onscreen emotion involvement successful the caller movie.

Speaking connected the 'controversial' topic, successful an interrogation with Stellar Magazine, Leo questioned: "When 2 radical find the connection, wherefore shouldn't they spot wherever it goes without judgment? Both dynamics should beryllium arsenic normalised. It's a bully happening that we're getting the reverse."

He past went connected to accidental property spread relationships were "not uncommon" successful existent beingness - but aren't portrayed overmuch successful movies. The One Day histrion past went connected to praise Renée's British accent she's been putting connected arsenic Bridget for years, claiming helium 'can't tell' she's putting it on. "With Renée – partially due to the fact that she's truthful good, but besides due to the fact that this quality has been a portion of her for specified a agelong clip – thing astir it seemed unnatural successful immoderate way," helium said.

In an interview with Kate Garraway and Good Morning Britain this week, Renée said she "loved London" and it "felt similar home" to her. Further speaking connected the 'age spread controversy' to Marie Claire, Leo said: “I deliberation it’s ever evolving. I anticipation that this movie tin beryllium a portion of that [change too].

"I deliberation that 2 radical should ever beryllium capable to person that transportation without judgment, careless of their property oregon gender. That’s 1 of the fantastic things astir it is not trying to enactment excessively overmuch unit connected the property spread itself."

The star's beingness has changed drastically since his relation successful Netflix's One Day, truthful overmuch so, that he can't get the conduit anymore. It doesn't look similar things are slowing down anytime soon with his immense caller role. In a peculiar integer screen for ELLE UK, the prima admitted: "I don’t truly get the conduit anymore," Woodall admitted. "[A woman] told maine her hubby gets truly jealous. It was conscionable truthful uncomfortable."

As good arsenic One Day, Leo known for his relation arsenic Jack successful the 2nd play of HBO's the White Lotus, which aired successful 2022. Jack was introduced arsenic the "nephew" of Quentin (played by Tom Hollander) and grew adjacent to Portia (Haley Lu Richardson).

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