Love Actually's Richard Curtis has only seen movie twice in 20 years after 'ghastly' viewing

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Richard Curtis, the man behind the Christmas classic Love Actually, has a new festive treat for us this year. His latest project, That Christmas, is a Netflix animation based on his own trilogy of children's books.The story follows the residents of the fictional town Wellington-on-Sea as they navigate a series of unfortunate events triggered by a mistake from Father Christmas himself.

Despite creating one of the most beloved Christmas films, Richard confesses he doesn't join the nation in watching Love Actually every year.

In fact, he's only seen it twice since its 2003 release. "One time was ghastly - my girlfriend told me there was a sing-along version happening in an American cinema.

All of us and the kids went along and it just wasn’t," he shared. "There were six other people in the cinema - two of them were there for warmth, two of them were there for sex.They said it was going to be like Rocky Horror! "The second time was with a live orchestra at Drury Lane and that was wonderful.