‘Love Actually’ director regrets Keira Knightley ‘stalker scene’: ‘We live in a very different world.’

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comes during the film’s climax, features the character Mark (played by Andrew Lincoln) arriving at the home of his best friend, Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor), to wordlessly declare his love for Peter’s wife, Juliet (Keira Knightley), using a boombox and handwritten notecards. “He actually turns up, to his best friend’s house, to say to his best friend’s wife, on the off chance that she answers the door, ‘I love you,'” Curtis, 67, told the Independent. “I think it’s a bit weird.”During the interview, Curtis revealed that he was initially shocked to find out about the scene’s reputation. “I remember being taken by surprise about seven years ago,” the “Notting Hill” writer stated. “I was going to be interviewed by somebody and they said, ‘Of course, we’re mainly interested in the stalker scene,’ and I said, ‘What scene is that?.’ And then I was, like, educated in it.”“All I can say is that a lot of intelligent people were involved in the film at the time, and we didn’t think it was a stalker scene,” Curtis laughed. “But if it’s interesting or funny for different reasons [now] then, you know, God bless our progressive world.” Earlier this year, while being interviewed by his daughter, Scarlett, at the Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham literature festival, Curtis reportedly expressed remorse over including several fat-shaming jokes in the film.“I remember how shocked I was five years ago when Scarlett said to me: ‘You can never use the word ‘fat’ again,'” the “Bridget Jones’ Diary” screenwriter said. “Wow, you were right.