Julia Roberts saved us all from a ‘very poor’ sequel to her iconic 90s rom-com

Julia Roberts thankfully stopped a devastating sequel to 1 of her astir iconic films from getting disconnected the ground, aft being near unimpressed astatine the plot.

The 57-year-old stole each our hearts with her stint successful 1999 flick Notting Hill, wherever she starred arsenic Hollywood histrion Anna Scott, who fell caput implicit heels for Hugh Grant’s bumbling bookshop owner, William Thacker.

Roger Mitchell directed the movie from Richard Curtis’ screenplay, portion Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, Rhys Ifans and Gina McKee were besides successful the cast.

In a caller interview, Richard was questioned connected whether helium would ever privation to revisit immoderate of his iconic movies for authoritative sequels oregon reboots, erstwhile helium shared that we astir got a follow-up to the rom-com.

‘I don’t deliberation so. I really did 4 Red Nose Days and Comic Relief,’ helium told IndieWire. ‘We did those mini sequels to Love Actually and those satisfied me.

‘I tried doing 1 with Notting Hill wherever they were going to get divorced and Julia thought that was a precise mediocre idea.’

Julia reflected connected her efforts successful Notting Hill during a chat with British Vogue alongside the acclaimed writer and filmmaker, and shared that she astir rejected the relation of Anna wholly arsenic she recovered the quality ‘so uncomfortable’ to play.

‘Honestly, 1 of the hardest things I’ve ever had to bash was your movie, playing a movie actress. I was truthful uncomfortable,’ she told him astatine the time.

‘I mean, we’ve talked astir this truthful galore times, but I astir didn’t instrumentality the portion due to the fact that it conscionable seemed – oh, it conscionable seemed truthful awkward.

‘I didn’t adjacent cognize however to play that person.’

Despite Julia’s reservations, Notting Hill became an instant classical erstwhile it deed the large surface much than 2 decades ago.

It went connected to scoop the audience-voted movie of the twelvemonth grant astatine the Baftas successful 2000, portion some the leads were nominated successful the acting categories astatine the Golden Globes.

Hugh precocious made headlines erstwhile helium unpacked his instrumentality connected the fictional William Thacker 25 years on, slating his quality arsenic ‘despicable’.

‘Whenever I’m flicking the channels astatine location aft a fewer drinks and this comes up, I conscionable think, “Why doesn’t my quality person immoderate balls?”’ helium declared successful a Vanity Fair video.

‘There’s a country successful this movie wherever she’s [Anna] successful my house, and the paps travel to the beforehand doorway and ringing the bell. I deliberation I conscionable fto her spell past maine and unfastened the door. That’s awful.

‘I’ve ne'er had a woman – oregon so present woman – who hasn’t said, “Why the hellhole didn’t you halt her? What’s incorrect with you?” And I don’t truly person an reply to that.

‘It’s however it was written. And I deliberation he’s despicable, really.’

Despite his understandable issues, Hugh besides took a infinitesimal to praise his co-star arsenic ‘brilliant’.

‘Probably each the clip with Julia, arsenic with immoderate superb actress, you’re conscionable thinking, “Oh Christ, they’re truly good. I’m not going to beryllium arsenic bully arsenic her,”’ helium added.

‘She’s large astatine emoting, and she’s got that prime wherever it looks similar her tegument is wafer thin. You tin benignant of spot her soul.’

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