Renee Zellweger is a Hollywood legend, who won a legion of loyal fans for her portrayal of the beloved and ever self-deprecating Bridget Jones. And it’s because of her iconic character that Zellweger's name has been making headlines again as Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy hits cinemas.

Although audiences can expect plenty more of the joyful hijinks and slapstick shenanigans we've come to expect from this franchise, the new film also has a profound emotional core, picking up with Bridget four years after the death of her true love Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) on a humanitarian mission in Sudan.

Here's a look at who will be joining Renée Zellweger in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the fourth film in the hit rom-com franchise.

Renée Zellweger "came to set" in character as Bridget Jones while shooting Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Michael Morris, the romantic comedy's director, revealed to Us Weekly that Zellweger didn't show up to the set as herself but as her famous counterpart,