Firth finally agrees to star in Brigid Jones sequel

Colin Firth has finally agreed to star in the Brigid Jones Diary sequel now that Notting Hill director Richard Curtis has stepped in to re-write the script.

The film production has not been running smoothly with stars Renee Zwellweger, Hugh Grant and Firth refusing to commit until they liked the script.

The script has been through several hands with novelist Helen Fielding writing the original draft with celebrated script doctor Andrew Davies also working on several drafts but the script still needed work. So Curtis, who just finished directing Grant and Firth in "Love Actually" was brought in, and now Firth has given the project his go ahead, according to imdb.com.

Firth says, "I'm now happy with the script, which has been through various drafts, the latest of which was by Richard Curtis."