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In anticipation of the third installment of the Bridget Jones book series, which was adapted into very popular movies, the Sunday Times magazine published extracts from the new book Mad About The Boy which finds the titular character five years after the death of her husband, according to BBC.
In the movies, Darcy was played by British actor Colin Firth, which became one of his most famous roles alongside Mr Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice onscreen adaptations. Actress Renée Zellweger played the main character Bridget, for which she received a Academy Award for Best Actress nomination.
It also revealed that Bridget is left behind with two children and the story revolves around her new romance with a much younger toy boy. It is not yet revealed how Darcy dies, which will only be told at the end of the novel as his death is told in flashbacks.
Twitter backlash
Fans of the book did not take too kindly to the news:
How the hell can you kill off Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones?! ??
— Ellen (@EBSox) September 30, 2013
So there's a new Bridget Jones book. Bridget Jones will be 51 and Mark Darcy is dead... Why would they do this to us???
— TheInnerDemon (@sammiebugs) September 30, 2013
Mark Darcy dies in the 3rd Bridget Jones' Diary book. What the actual hell.
— Char (@CharB94) September 30, 2013
Just found out that Helen Fielding is killing off Mark Darcy in #Bridget Jones (next book). I just almost cried at work. #Darcy #sad #cry
— Celia Grey (@Celia_Grey) September 30, 2013
Just found out about mark Darcy- my eyes may sweating a bit...
— Liz (@barcelonskitek) September 30, 2013
How can she kill off Mark Darcy???? That's ridiculous! Poor Bridget!! Well I definitely can't read it now...
— Rosie (@RosieeHill) September 30, 2013
Not willing to accept the rumors I have heard about Mark Darcy. -Yes, I think he's a real person.
— Caterina Scorsone (@caterinatweets) September 30, 2013
I don't want to live in a world where Mark Darcy and Bridget Jones aren't living happily ever after. Too far, Helen Fielding. Too far.
— purpleclaire (@purpleclaire) September 29, 2013
Third movie speculation
Back in February, Hugh Grant - who plays lothario Daniel Cleaver in the films - revealed he had seen a script for the third film, but neither he, Zellweger or Firth had signed on to star.
He admitted" "No one has signed on the dotted line. But they are working on our script. I have seen the script."
The first best-selling book, Bridget Jones's Diary - written in the form of a diary - was published in 1996, with sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason released in 1999.
It's okay, at least we still have Colin Firth.
