Chiwetel Ejiofor Didn’t Really Meet Renée Zellwegger Until ‘Bridget Jones’ Wrapped

Although he was a fan of Bridget Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor never thought he’d play a role in the franchise. “Suddenly, something pops up and then somebody says to you, ‘Do you want to look at the new Bridget Jones film?,’” he says. “And you think, ‘Well, I’d never thought about that. I love Bridget Jones, but I’ve never thought about it in that context.’”

And just like that, Ejiofor was cast as Mr. Wallaker, a pragmatic science teacher, in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the…