The two-time Oscar winner chose prosthetics this time rather than to gain weight because her character is a real person whose looks, Zellweger believes, factored in to why she was initially not a suspect.
I love it because it feels like a safe space to hide." In The Thing About Pam, Zellweger was almost unrecognizable thanks to a number of face and body prosthetics to transform into convicted killer Pamela Hupp, who was charged in July 2021 for a wild murder and cover-up plot.
Through a process that reportedly took two hours a day, Renée Zellweger was transformed into the silver screen icon using prosthetics, contact lenses and wigs. The make-up is incredible, but it's Zellweger skill as an actress that's garnering Judy so much awards show love.
Are Ant Anstead and Renée Zellweger still together?
Renée Zellweger and Ant Anstead might have seemed like an unlikely match when they were first linked, but the two are still going strong more than two years later. The couple first met while filming Anstead's Discovery+ show Celebrity IOU Joyride.
From 1999 to 2000, Zellweger was engaged to Jim Carrey. In 2003, she had a brief relationship with musician Jack White. In May 2005, Zellweger married singer Kenny Chesney. Four months later, Zellweger obtained an annulment.
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Why did Renée Zellweger annul her marriage?
But it was perhaps even more surprising when the two decided to have the marriage annulled just four months later — with the Judy actress citing "fraud" as the reason. Renée and Kenny's shocking split and their decision to mark "fraud" on the documents sparked false tabloid rumors about Kenny's sexual orientation.
Ant Anstead quietly sold his Orange County house and is moving in with his girlfriend, Renée Zellweger. Here's what we know about the celebrity couple's relationship and what Anstead said about living with the Oscar-winning actor.
Ant shares Hudson with his ex-wife, Flip or Flip star, Christina Haack, whom he divorced from in 2021. While Renee does not have any children of her own, it is clear that she has a natural maternal instinct.
Renée and Ant spend most of their down time at his property in Laguna Beach and the Bridget Jones alum has also been getting to know his three kids. They appear to be head over heels in love and aren't afraid to show it, having been spotted together quite often.
Some speculated that Renée Zellweger had used botox and dermal fillers to smooth out wrinkles and fine lines, particularly around her forehead and mouth. She stated that her different appearance was a result of living a healthier lifestyle, getting older, and gaining experience.
For Zellweger, back from a lengthy showbiz hiatus, stepping into the legendary Garland persona required a stretch of epic dimensions, according to her director. “Renée's not at all like Judy,” Goold tells Fortune. “She's blonde, blue-eyed, clean-living, she shows up on time, she's quite shy.
In a new crime drama called The Thing About Pam, the 52-year-old actress portrays Pam Hupp, a convicted murderer and the central character of the new NBC limited series. For the show, Zellweger wore a body prosthetic to appear more like Hupp — a decision that has been highly criticized online.
Nicole Kidman, who became friends with Zellweger when Cameron Crowe cast the latter opposite Kidman's then-husband Tom Cruise in 1996's “Jerry Maguire” and then worked with her seven years later in “Cold Mountain,” says that kind of off-kilter self-deprecation is what makes Zellweger so wonderful.
Zellweger previously shared that she gained 30 pounds for her role in 2001's Bridget Jones Diary, in which her character is concerned about her weight.
Did Renee Zellweger use prosthetics for The Thing About Pam?
Judy Greer admits seeing Renée Zellweger for the first time in full makeup, prosthetics and wardrobe as convicted murderer Pam Hupp while shooting “The Thing About Pam” presented a a unique set of challenges.
Christina Hall and her second husband Ant Anstead reportedly divorced due to the couple growing apart, as they were very different people. However, considering the former couple's acrimonious custody battle of their son Hudson, we can imagine there may have more reasons than we are aware of.
Ant Anstead is said to have a net worth of $5 million as a television presenter, motor specialist, car builder, designer, and artist, best known for co-presenting the Channel 4 automotive show For the Love of Cars with Philip Glenister.
The first Bridget Jones film (Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)) has the main character as 32 years old and this was filmed in 2001. The third Bridget Jones film (Bridget Jones' Baby) she was 43 years old and it was filmed in 2016. If the film took place 15 years later, she would have to be 47 years old and not 43.
The plot of the first novel is loosely based on Pride and Prejudice. Bridget Jones is a Bangor University graduate. She is a 34-year-old (32 in the first film adaptation) single woman whose life is a satirized version of the stereotypical single London 30-something in the 1990s and very unlucky in love.
How much weight did Renee Zellweger gain for the role of Pam?
Zellweger donned a padded suit for the role. At TCA last month, the actor mentioned she had opted not to gain weight for the part — as she had for “Bridget Jones's Diary” — since it had negatively impacted her health. While she had used prosthetics in films before, this was the first time she wore a full suit.
In 2004 Renee Zellweger scooped up a 1770 farmhouse in Pomfret, CT, a quaint New England town isolated from the hustle and bustle of the entertainment industry.
Renee's private home and retreat speaks volumes about her off-screen personality and values. Certainly not the taste of "Bridget Jones," Renee's 39-acre, 1770's farm, The Cotton Tavern, in rural Connecticut is very much what her fans might expect from the small-town Texas super star.
