made of Bridget's fascination with the BBC television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Colin Firth, the actor who played Mr. Darcy. Bridget even meets Colin Firth and interviews him for a newspaper article. As a self-referential in-joke, Colin Firth plays Mark Darcy in both Bridget Jones movies. Tracie Bennett won an Audie Award for Comedy Best Actress for her audiobook narrations of both this and its predecessor. Development Sandra Gregory stated that the scenes involving the Thai prison probably received inspiration from her incident since Helen Fielding knew the next door neighbors of her parents and presumably would have talked to them. References External links Bridget Jones Online Archive Bridget Jones 1999 British novels British comedy novels Chick lit novels Novels by Helen Fielding British novels adapted into films Fictional diaries Picador (imprint) books