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1. In order to prepare for her role, Renée Zellweger worked undercover at London publishing house Picador for three weeks.
2. She used the name Bridget Cavendish.
3. And staff were told she was doing work experience.
4. Zellweger spent her time sending out books to reviewers, filing newspaper reviews, doing coffee rounds, and answering the phone.
5. On one occasion, Zellweger had to file a tabloid story complaining that Bridget Jones was going to be played by an American. She scribbled "rubbish" in its margin.
6. Camilla Elworthy, who acted as her boss, says that the way Zellweger answers the phone and says "Hello—Publicity" in the film has an "eerily familiar ring to it".
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