Leo Woodall is back on our screens in his biggest movie role to date in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, and one particular scene left his co-stars green with envy.
The new movie reunites us with Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) as she heads back into the dating game after the death of Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). One of her potential suitors is Woodall's Roxster who matches her on Tinder after rescuing Bridget from a tree.
But it's a scene where Roxster jumps into a pool fully-clothed to save a dog that left all of his co-stars wishing they were him.
"Everyone was very jealous because it was an extremely hot day and everyone was stood there in their gowns or their suits and just dripping, and I was splashing about in a swimming pool," he told Digital Spy.
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"So I felt like the lucky one. It was really fun and everything was light-hearted. That poor little dog that I had to take care of, he sort of turned me into a hero, which I'll take. It was really fun."
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As ever with a Bridget Jones movie, Roxster faces competition for Bridget's affection from Mr Wallaker (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a teacher at her children's school.
But if it ever came to a fight between Roxster and Mr Wallaker in classic Bridget Jones fashion, Woodall and Ejiofor are confident who would win.
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"Well, [Mr Wallaker's] whistle, it's a distracting tool," Ejiofor joked, with Woodall adding: "Yes, any punches I would throw would just be deflected by the whistle."
Ahead of the movie's release, Renée Zellweger also spoke to Digital Spy about the life lessons that playing Bridget Jones has taught her.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is released in UK cinemas and on Peacock in the US on February 13.
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