>>One of the best attempts, almost perfect, was Gwyneth Paltrow in "Sliding Doors"
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>I didn't see the movie, but wasn't Renée Zellweger praised for carrying it off in the first Bridget Jones Diary? From what I read, there was a real flap about giving the part to an American prior to it's release, but praise afterward.

They're both chick flicks so I haven't seen BJD (it's only been on terrestrial TV once and I missed it), so I wouldn't know, but Sliding Doors has been on a few times. You should see it - it's about how a girl's life changes depending on whether she catches the sliding doors on a Tube train or not - one she gets home early enough to catch her cheating boyfriend, and finds love with another guy, two she doesn't and carries on in ignorance - you're shown both scenarios in parallel, with a cute twist at the end.

As to US chicks getting the leads - I think the British film industry thinks that the only way to get a film aired in the US is to have a big US star in it - ALWAYS (few exceptions, such as the Full Monty)