It’s one of the greatest Christmas movies ever made, but Hugh Grant wasn’t in a festive mood when he had to film a certain scene.
The Irish actor got hooked on toothpicks when he quit smoking almost 20 years ago. If you look closely, you can spot him holding one in several scenes inClaudia Schiffer was never supposed to be in the movie:
The original script referred to the blonde character as someone who looked similar to Claudia Schiffer. But the director had trouble finding an actor who fit the mould, so they approached the supermodel to see if she was interested. “It was funny how it ended up, you know, him getting the real deal. I just thought it was brilliant,”Billy Bob Thornton was afraid of some of the props:
The actor who played the US President has a real life fear of antique furniture. Hugh Grant often teased Thornton on set by holding up antique pieces just before they were about to film scenes. Director Richard Curtis also revealed that Thornton was petrified of a painting. “Billy Bob Thornton is a curious man with curious phobias,” Curtis told. “ ‘The strangest phobia I’ve got is I’m disturbed by photographs of Benjamin Disraeli. Specifically his facial hair.
Remember the lake that Aurelia and Jamie had to swim in after his novel was blown off the desk? It turns out the water was actually so shallow that the actors had to kneel down to give the impression it was much deeper.Olivia Olson did such a good job performing the song that the director was worried people wouldn’t believe it was actually her singing. The audio was edited in post-production to make it sound more realistic.
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