Richard Curtis has revealed plans for an unhappy ending sequel to the romantic comedy hit Notting Hill, starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. Grant accepted the idea, while Roberts turned it down, emphasizing how the original film's happy ending is a lie.
While Roberts put the kibosh on Richard Curtis ’s proposal, Hugh Grant was happy to prove the lie of a happy ending for his ‘despicable’ characterhas revealed that he had been planning a follow-up to romcom hit Notting Hill in which the lead characters split up.to promote forthcoming animation That Christmas, Curtis – who has previously overseen short spin-offs of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually in aid of Comic Relief – said he had envisioned a similar “mini sequel” to Notting Hill .
The actor specifically cited Notting Hill in his proposal, adding: “I’d like to do me and Julia and the hideous divorce that’s ensued with really expensive lawyers, children involved in tug of love, floods of tears. Psychologically scarred for ever. I’d love to do that film.” Grant, who is currently promoting horror film Heretic and will be return as the dastardly Daniel Cleaver in next year’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, recently told Vanity Fair that he thinks his character in Notting Hill is “despicable”.
“There’s a scene in this film where she’s in my house and the paps come to the front door and ring the bell and I think I just let her go past me and open the door. That’s awful. I’ve never had a girlfriend, or indeed now wife, who hasn’t said, ‘Why the hell didn’t you stop her? What’s wrong with you?’ And I don’t really have an answer to that – it’s how it was written. And I think he’s despicable, really.
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