Hugh Grant reveals why Daniel Cleaver is making comeback in Bridget Jones 4

The Notting Hill actor played Bridget's on-off love interest Daniel Cleaver in 2001's Bridget Jones's Diary and the 2004 sequel, The Edge of Reason. However, he opted out of the third film, 2016's Bridget Jones's Baby, and Daniel was seemingly killed off, but a teaser at the end revealed he had survived a plane crash, allowing Grant to return. When asked why he signed up for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, he told Access Hollywood, "Because it's a really good script... This one has a lot of heart as well as being very funny.