The screenwriter for Notting Hill may have been pushing for a sequel to make it to the big screen, but leading lady Julia Roberts was very much NOT in favor of it! Richard Curtis is the name of the man who wrote the screenplay for the iconic 1999 rom-com.
And earlier this week, he was chatting with IndieWire while promoting his new Netflix animated film That Christmas when he let a big bomb drop: that he was pushing for a Notting Hill sequel back in the day!
And he even created a full script for it! Related: Travis Kelce Opens Up About THAT Weird Julia Roberts Moment At The Eras Tour! According to the interview via IndieWire, Roberts herself was very much NOT a fan of the sequel script.
In part, that’s because the sequel would have seen her character Anna Scott divorcing Hugh Grant‘s character William Thacker.
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