Fielding first created the Bridget Jones character for a column that she wrote for British newspaper The Independent in the 1990s. The unbylined column was constructed as the fictional diary of a single woman in her 30s living in London.

Renée Zellweger and Helen Fielding, author of the “Bridget Jones” books, join TODAY to talk about the new film called “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.” It follows Bridget who is now a single mom of two and diving back into the dating pool after losing her husband,