Queenie star Dionne Brown has revealed what it was like to wear the same bunny costume that Renee Zellweger wore in Bridget Jones’s Diary.
The Channel 4 series, which hit screens on Tuesday, has been dubbed the ‘Black Bridget Jones’ for its story about a young black woman navigating her career, identity and love life.
The eight-part series is an adaptation of Candice Carty-Williams’ best-selling novel about the 25-year-old south London woman.
And when the actress entered Renee’s wardrobe in one of the episodes, transforming into the iconic black suit and bunny ears, she remembered what it was really like to strip down for the series.
She said cosmopolitan uk: ‘The preparation for that! I thought, “I would never wear this in public!” Everyone told me: “You look great!”
Queenie star Dionne Brown has revealed what it was like to wear the same bunny costume that Renee Zellweger wore in Bridget Jones’s Diary.
And when the actress entered Renee’s wardrobe in one of the episodes, transforming into the iconic black suit and bunny ears, she remembered what it was really like to strip down for the series (Renee Zellweger pictured).
“I felt like I could see too much of my body and I was going to be on camera forever, but when we got down to it, it was like, ‘Okay, okay.'”
Speaking about his role, he added: “It’s been good. It’s been fun. A lot has been asked of me, but it’s been a great privilege and a dream come true.
“I knew it was going to be a big, emotional task (facing Queenie), and we did a lot in a very short time. I found filming quite overstimulating at times.
‘The emotional demands of the character were many; “In hindsight, I should have told you and my agents when I was struggling.”
The series has impressed critics across the board, with a few exceptions, while viewers were left hungrily waiting for the next episodes after the first two installments premiered on Channel 4.
While Queenie’s story was compared to Helen Fielding’s 1996 novel Bridget Jones’s Diary when it was first published in 2019, one critic suggested that the television adaptation of Carty-Williams’ story (written by the author herself ) is “more obscene and more truthful.” than her predecessor.
Overall, Dionne is praised for depicting a young black woman trying to find her way in the world while navigating her British-Jamaican identity and experiencing struggles in the workplace and in her love life.
The supporting cast and cast are also praised by all critics, who praise the moments of “intimacy” between the characters.
The television adaptation, which hit screens on Tuesday, has been dubbed the ‘Black Bridget Jones’ for its story about a young black woman navigating her career, identity and love life.
She told Cosmopolitan UK: ‘The build-up to that! I thought, “I would never wear this in public!” Everyone told me: “You look great!” I felt like I could see too much of my body and I was going to be on camera forever, but when we got down to it, it was like, “Okay, okay.”
The eight-part series is an adaptation of Candice Carty-Williams’ best-selling novel about the 25-year-old south London girl.
However, some critics found gaps in the plot and narrative compared to Carty-Williams’ award-winning book.
Sharing their thoughts on the show on X/Twitter, viewers were equally fascinated by the series, but some agreed that the pacing of the narrative felt “flat” at times.
Many people who saw Queenie said they could identify with the character as she collapses after breaking up with her white boyfriend, Tom, following a fight with her family when her grandmother uses an offensive term to describe the children she might one day have. have.
She then discovers that she has had a miscarriage.
The plot sees the protagonist fall into free fall while going on brief dates with white men; one that leaves her with internal bruises from her rough sex.
The gritty drama, which also contains lighter moments of comedy, left some viewers wanting to “binge the rest of the season” after watching the first few episodes.
One person wrote: ‘I feel so seen. This program is a little bit of me.’ Another said she was “really enjoying” the show.
However, some accused the TV adaptation of failing, even though they had read the 2019 book and “loved it.”
