Stuntmen
were
used
for
when
they
went
crashing
through
the
window,
but
otherwise
the
climactic
rumble
between
Mark
and
Daniel
was
unchoreographed.
Firth told
the Los
Angeles
Times
in
2016, “We’re
two
very
ineffectual,
frightened,
angry
yuppies
going
at
each
other—pulling
hair
and
wanting
to
run
away
at
the
same
time.”
Grant
told
Cinema.com, “I’ve
been
trying
to
do
something
like
that
for
years.
You
know,
when
the
script
says ‘they
fight,’
to
ban
the
stunt
coordinator
from
the
set.
Because
they
always
try
to
make
it
look
so
Hollywood.
You
know,
we
fight
the
way
two
middle-class
educated
Englishmen
would
fight.
Which
I’ve
always
maintained
would
be
sort
of
girlie
and
cowardly,
you
know?
With
squealing!”
But
if
they
had
to
fight
for
real, “well
obviously
I’d
win!”
Grant
promised. “You
know,
I
was
trained
to
kill!
But
Colin
did
marvelously,
for
someone
who’s
not
very,
well,
sporty.”
As
it
turned
out,
though,
they
were
a
smash
hit
and
audiences
demanded
more.
“Hugh
and
I
have
only
ever
worked
together
in
order
to
fight,”
Firth
deadpanned
in
a
Fandango
Extras
clip
after
he
and
Grant
were
compelled
to
tussle
again
in
the
2004
sequel Bridget
Jones:
The
Edge
of
Reason. “On
the
first
film
we
had
very
little
together,
except
the
fight.
Here
we
are
again,
doing
absolutely
nothing
except
fighting,
again.”
So,
when
they
reunited
for
the
long-awaited
scene,
they
really
went
for
it.
With
the
trash-talking,
that
is.
“He
complained
bitterly,
of
course,”
Firth
said. “I
was ‘hurting
him,’
he
had
bruises.
I
think
probably
if
we
ever
did
do
it
again
I
would
advise
him
to
get
in
a
bit
of
training
first.”
Grant
offered, “Colin
now
has
to
spend
even
more
time
in
the
trailer,
poor
old
boy, ’cause
he’s,
you
know,
he’s
losing
it
a
little.
I
think
he’d
be
the
first
to
tell
you
that.
He’s
gone
a
bit
jowly
and
the
neck’s
gone
a
bit
scrawny
and
all
that.”
Firth
countered, “I
think
he
was
spending
a
bit
of
time
paying
attention
to
his
body
and
his
fitness
at
the
time.
It’s
remarkable
the
difference
three
years
can
make,
really,
because
it
was
certainly
easier
for
me
because
he
was
much
fleshier
and
his
contours
were
softer.
It
was
more
like
wrestling
my
grandmother
from
that
point.”
