It is a universally acknowledged truth, you'll get the American Renée Zellweger after filming a Bridget Jones movie.

And just like that, Ejiofor was cast as Mr. Wallaker, a pragmatic science teacher, in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the fourth installment in the beloved romantic comedy franchise starring Renee Zellweger as the titular heroine, which hit Peacock on February 14.

Meet the two men vying for the affections Renée Zellweger’s quirky, chaotic leading woman in the latest installment of the rom-com franchise.

Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor have revealed that they're both open to returning to the Bridget Jones franchise. "A hundred percent," Woodall tells Parade when asked whether he would return. "For sure, it'd be great if that were to happen," Ejiofor adds, "but obviously at the moment, that's not on the cards and we'll have to see."

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall join returning cast including Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson in the fourth entry of the rom-com series based on Helen Fielding’s popular novels.

Mad About the Boy takes Bridget to different places inside and outside the city as she gets her life together after a personal tragedy.

You can understand, then, that when the trailer for the fourth film, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, was released, fans were preeeeetty upset that it revealed Mark died four years earlier. (He was killed while on the job as a international human rights lawyer,