It’s been two years since the world was left in shock when a starkly different looking Rene Zellweger appeared on the red carpet. However, the actress who is set to reprise her role in the new Bridget Jones movie has spoken out about why she looked different – and she claims it was because she was dealing with some bad news at the time.
Rene said ‘I’d been staying with a friend in Los Angeles and the month before she’d been diagnosed with ALS [a neurological disease]. The reason I went to that event was that she wanted me to go, so she could be on the red carpet with me and prove to herself she wasn’t being defeated by this terrible disease. And that’s what I was thinking about that day. I wasn’t thinking about what I looked like or what people thought. I was thinking about my friend.’
The 47-year -old also spoke about the aging process for women and how she feel things get better with age. ‘I think a woman only gets more interesting as she gets older. Youth and superficial beauty have their place and that is, understandably, celebrated to a degree. But that’s so fleeting and it’s only for a moment in your life… As you mature, you’re not just getting older, you’re becoming more of who you are supposed to be, and becoming the best version of yourself, better and more interesting. It’s a more powerful beauty and it’s a more valuable beauty. Besides — I don’t want to stay the same! I’m curious about what comes next!’