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Renée Zellweger reflects on why she 'needed' to take a six-year hiatus from acting as she details what happened during her break from Hollywood


The actress, 55, famously took a step back from the limelight in 2010 following the filming of My Own Love Song and didn't appear in a film until 2016's Bridget Jones's Baby.

An in a new Vogue interview conducted by her pal and co-star Hugh Grant to celebrate the release of the latest installment of the franchise - Mad About The Boy - Renée reflected on 'needing' to take a break from Hollywood and detailed just how exactly she spent her time. I built a house, rescued a pair of older doggies, created a partnership that led to a production company, advocated for and fundraised with a sick friend, and spent a lot of time with family and godchildren and driving across the country with the dogs. However, she reveals she soon found it hard to avoid the publicity surrounding her casting as part of her job was to take the newspaper clippings from the papers for author Helen Fielding's file, with the star then seeing articles about a 'c**p American actor'.

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