Discover out which scene aggravated Alan Rickman — and little Joanna sings “All I Need for Christmas Is You” now, 20 years later!
It has been 20 years since “Love Truly” was unleashed on the world — and, for star Hugh Grant, filming the film was a very embarrassing fete.
Grant, director Richard Curtis and costars Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Invoice Nighy, Martine McCutcheon and former youngster stars Thomas Brodie Sangster and Olivia Olson all sat down with Diane Sawyer for an ABC Information particular celebrating the movie’s massive anniversary on Tuesday evening, the place Grant’s grumpiness took middle stage.
“He is usually cranky and sad, however he’s additionally the one particular person on the planet who’s by no means despatched me a textual content that hasn’t made me chuckle,” stated Curtis when the actor’s temperament got here up. “Hugh finds everybody annoying,” joked Thompson, earlier than Grant himself admitted, “I am not simply depressing myself, I prefer to make everybody round me depressing if I can.”
And if there’s one scene that basically made him depressing throughout filming, it was the Prime Minister’s dance quantity after standing as much as the president of the US. In truth, Grant merely did not wish to do it, with Curtis joking the actor in all probability hoped the director would fall sick and the scene could be scrapped.
“No Englishman can dance once they’re sober at 8 within the morning,” stated Grant of the scene. “He was grumpy, however he knew, it was a contractual obligation,” Curtis continued, as Hugh joked, “Contractual guillotine!”
Even the director stated the sequence was “agonizingly embarrassing,” as Grant admitted he was “out of rhythm … particularly in the beginning once I wiggle my ass.” He added, “To this present day, there’s many individuals, and I agree with them, who suppose it is essentially the most excruciating scene ever dedicated to celluloid. However then some folks prefer it.”
It appears Grant wasn’t completely bought on the movie after seeing it for the primary time on the premiere both.
“I sat there considering, ‘God, it is fairly type of on the market, is not it?'” recalled Thompson. “After which Hugh got here up behind me as we had been strolling out and stated, ‘Appropriate me if I am fallacious, however is that essentially the most psychotic factor we have ever been in?'”
“Did I say that?” requested Hugh with fun after being confronted along with his alleged previous feedback. “Effectively, it’s a bit psychotic! Like I stated, it is Richard on steroids. When he writes about love, he means it and that’s fairly uncommon.”
Grant’s trademark deadpans continued towards the tip of the particular, because the forged members had been requested to complete the phrase “Love really is …” His response: “Lifeless. I do not see any romance, anyplace. Even within the cities the place you’ll be able to assure to see {couples} snogging within the streets, Paris, Rome, they’re simply watching their cellphone, consuming.”
Whereas many of the particular was a celebration of the movie, director Curtis was additionally requested if there was something he regrets in regards to the film, particularly after so many societal shifts on the subject of illustration and conversations round office romance and harassment.
“There are issues that you’d change, however thank God society is altering. So my movie is sure in some moments to really feel outdated,” he stated, earlier than Sawyer requested if there was something specifically that made him “wince” now. “There are issues in regards to the movie — the shortage of range makes me really feel uncomfortable and a bit silly.”
“There are three plots which have bosses and individuals who work for them,” he added.
Different tidbits gleaned from the hour-long anniversary particular:
– Keira Knightley advised Curtis she did not suppose her subsequent movie — “Pirates of the Caribbean” — was “gonna work,” as a result of “it is a pirate movie and so they all the time fail.”
– Alan Rickman was aggravated filming the purchasing scene reverse Rowan Atkinson, who Curtis stated would do “11 minute takes” whereas “poor Alan” stood there annoyed.
– Laura Linney’s storyline was impressed by Curtis’ personal expertise along with his sister, who had a historical past of psychological sickness.
– Each Linney and costar Rodrigo Santoro had been “damaged hearted” once they filmed collectively, stated the “Ozark” star. “I received within the automobile, he slumped within the automobile like, ‘Laura, she broke up with me,'” she recalled. “I used to be like, ‘Guess what? Me too. Guess what we get to do all day lengthy? We get to make one another really feel higher.’ We’re comforting one another in a method and it was very candy.”
– Olivia Olson, who performed Joanna, nonetheless sings and carried out a rendition of “All I Need for Christmas Is You” 20 years later (Video in Half 5, above). She additionally revealed she nonetheless has her script from filming, signed by the complete forged.
– And, lastly, police “abruptly” shut down filming of the particular whereas Sawyer interviewed Sangster in a park. At one level, a producer interrupted and advised the pair, “The police say we do not have the correct allow and they will arrest us.” Sawyer’s response: “Now we run!”
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