Hugh Grant was "crammed" into the new Bridget Jones film as there was "no obvious role" for him, the actor says.
The Love Actually star, 64, has reprised the role of Daniel Cleaver for the upcoming movie, adapted from Helen Fielding's novel Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, which sees Bridget navigate life as a single mother after the death of her husband Mark Darcy.
Grant told the BBC's Graham Norton Show: "It is a good and moving script - it is extremely funny but very sad.
"There was no obvious role for me, but I was crammed in.
"So we didn't have a 60-year-old Daniel Cleaver wandering around looking at young girls, I made up a good interim story for him."
Daniel was a former love interest of Bridget, played by Renee Zellweger, and is the main antagonist in the film series.
Grant also spoke about his parents' view of his acting career, saying: "They were not at all supportive.
"My mother was a churchgoer and wanted me to be the Archbishop of Canterbury.
"In their world show business meant nothing.
"I remember when Four Weddings and a Funeral came out, my mother went to a dinner party with like-minded people and when asked about her two sons she said, 'One is an investment banker and the other is a film star'.
"Another guest said, 'How very interesting, which bank?' That's the world I grew up in."