Hugh Grant’s absence from the third movie in the Bridget Jones franchise was a major talking point among fans, as was the supposed death of his character in an off-screen plane crash. The original plan was for Grant to return as Bridget’s womanizing ex Daniel Cleaver,

Mad About the Boy" stars Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant. Colin Firth also returns as Mark Darcy in a few scenes, with a catch.

Fans have been left baffled after Hugh Grant claimed he is set to play a rather unnerving version of Daniel Cleaver in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, arriving in cinemas on Valentine's Day