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Love Actually shoot was “a catastrophe” and required six months of editing, director Richard Curtis has said in a new interview.The plot of the film contains several interwoven narratives and the director admitted in a new interview with IndieWire that it was so complex, it nearly ended in disaster for the film.“The strange thing about Love Actually is, when we finished the movie, it was a catastrophe,” he told the outlet, saying it took a further six months of editing to make the film work.Curtis continued: “When I wrote Love Actually, and we had the read-through, and it sounded great, I thought you would probably do ‘A, B, C, D, E, F, G’.“But actually when you’re doing multi-story, the danger is you don’t commit to any of the stories and the audience never feels engaged, so you kind of end up doing ‘A, B, C, C, A’, so you get into the story and then you introduce a surprise and then you end one story earlier than the others.“So I learned a lot about the complexity of multi-story construction in trying to save Love Actually in how bad it was in the assembly,” he recalled.Curtis’ latest film is an animated family comedy for Netflix called That Christmas, which tells a series of different festive stories that are all interwoven.For the film, Ed Sheeran wrote and recorded a new song called ‘Under The Tree’.Speaking about the song earlier this year, Sheeran said: “I’ve been mates with Richard Curtis for years, and we’ve done a load of fun work for charity, and then both were heavily involved in the movie Yesterday. He came to me two years ago to play me the rough of That Christmas.

Keira Knightley has admitted she found shooting Love Actually‘s controversial cue cards scene “creepy”.The much-talked-about moment sees Andrew Lincoln’s character Mark – the best friend of her on-screen husband Peter (Chiwetel Ejiofor) – turn up on their doorstep after her character Juliet learns that he secretly harbours feelings for her.The divisive moment sees him hold up cue cards declaring his love for her, and Knightley said in a new interview that it did have a “slightly stalkerish aspect” to it.“The slightly stalkerish aspect of it — I do remember that,” she told the LA Times. “My memory is of [director] Richard [Curtis], who is now a very dear friend, of me doing the scene, and him going, ‘No, you’re looking at [Lincoln] like he’s creepy,’ and I’m like [in a dramatic whisper], ‘But it is quite creepy.’ And then having to redo it to fix my face to make him seem not creepy.”Knightley further noted: “I mean, there was a creep factor at the time, right? Also, I knew I was 17.

Love Actually fans have been left stunned after discovering that Emma Thompson, who stars in the iconic Christmas film, is actually related to a famous soap actress.The festive favourite, which was released in 2003 and directed by Richard Curtis, has become one of the most successful Christmas films ever made. It features a star-studded cast including Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Colin Firth and Liam Neeson, with Denise Richards and even Ant and Dec making appearances.The romantic comedy follows eight interconnected couples navigating their love lives in the lead up to Christmas.

A rom-com gem that many claim tops even Love Actually is set to warm hearts on TV tonight, December 1.

A charming romantic comedy that fans consider better than Love Actually is airing on TV tonight (December 1).

Martine McCutcheon, 48, has seemingly taken some swipes at her ex in a series of posts on her Instagram Stories.The Love Actually actress split from Jack McManus in August, after saying 'I do' all the way back in back in September 2012. Now, she has hinted that the breakup is still raw, sharing words about "falling apart" and "looking forward. In her first post, Martine reposted a quote about cutting people out of your life.

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.

Love Actually.The actor played rock legend Billy Mack in Richard Curtis’ 2003 festive romantic comedy alongside the likes of Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman and Keira Knightley.The following year, he won a Bafta for his role, which he said “changed everything for me” in a new interview with The i.He said: “The biggest developments were that what I was paid for a job quintupled and I never had to audition again. If you asked any actor what their top five things to wish for, one of them would be, ‘Please don’t let me have to audition any more.’”After Love Actually, every meeting he went to he never had to audition.

Parting ways after 12 years of marriage is never going to be easy - not only does it mean a future without your other half, but you also need to untangle an intertwined life that you've built together over the years. And Martine McCutcheon certainly knows what that's like.

Hugh Grant's career-making role is airing on BBC Three tomorrow (November 17), perfect for relaxed Sunday night viewing.

Martine McCutcheon has spoken out on her split from her husband Jack McManus, three months after he made the decision to end their relationship after 18 years together.The Love Actually actress, 48, who shares son Rafferty, 9, with Jack, was cheered up by her pals as she headed on a night out this weekend, admitting the outing was exactly what she needed following the turmoil. Sharing a number of snaps from her night on the town, Martine detailed to her 634K followers that her recent break-up had been 'brutal' in some aspects, and detailed how mutual friends she shares with Jack have 'chosen sides'.

Everyone is raving about this magical English retreat that's been likened to Colin Firth's dreamy abode from Love Actually. If you're feeling worn out with life's hustle, you might not need to jet away when the UK holds hidden gems like this for the ideal staycation.

An enchanting English retreat has left visitors utterly captivated, drawing comparisons to the idyllic residence of Colin Firth's character in the film Love Actually.

Katcy Stephan Brian Cox is coming down the chimney. In the first trailer for Netflix‘s animated holiday comedy “That Christmas,” the “Succession” alum suits up as Santa Claus as he tells the story of one of the most challenging nights in his career. Based on the charming trilogy of children’s books by beloved multi award-winning writer/director Richard Curtis (“Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill,” “Love Actually,” “Yesterday”), “That Christmas” follows a series of entwined tales about family and friends, love, loneliness and Santa Claus making a big mistake — not to mention an enormous number of turkeys.

Martine McCutcheon, famed for her roles in Love Actually and EastEnders, has opened up about being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).The actress, 48, revealed that she 'cried' and 'grieved' after the diagnosis last year, thinking back to how her life could have been different. While appearing on the new podcast, A Gentle Start: The Showercast by Timotei, released on Thursday, 24 October, Martine spoke about ADD.

Tales of love, unrequited or otherwise, interwoven over the festive season, laden with pop songs and narrated by one of the biggest celebrities in showbusiness, That Christmas is best viewed by romcom auteur Richard Curtis as a kid-friendly attempt to atone for his long-standing seasonal hit Love Actually. Beautifully rendered by Simon Otto, head of character animation for the well-respected How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, it might be too busy, story-wise, for younger audiences, and even rather scary towards the end, but the writer-director’s genius for dialogue is firmly on display here (an especially timorous character is afraid of infinity because “there’s just so much of it”). Adults will roll their eyes at the fart jokes; but then, kids will cringe at the sound of Ed Sheeran and Coldplay.

Martine McCutcheon has candidly revealed a health diagnosis that initially left her sceptical, thinking it to be a "lazy label". Best known for her role as Tiffany Mitchell in the iconic soap EastEnders between 1994 and 1998 and melting hearts in the beloved romcom Love Actually, Martine, now 48 years old, has been reported by the Express in 2023 as having been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).

Richard Curtis is back with a new festive flick, just over 20 years since Love Actually debuted. The 2003 film, starring Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon and Liam Neeson, is a staple of the festive season.

Christopher Vourlias Prime Video has released first-look images for “Christmas in Lagos,” a holiday romantic comedy from “Gangs of Lagos” multi-hyphenate Jade Osiberu that features chart-topping Afrobeats sensation Ayra Starr and a loaded cast of Nigerian pop and screen stars. The film marks the first and only original to come out of Osiberu’s groundbreaking, multi-title pact with the streaming giant, which announced earlier this year that it was pressing pause on its original productions in Africa. Osiberu confirmedto Variety that she has formally exited that deal.

Martine McCutcheon’s marriage is over!

Love Actually actress Martine McCutcheon revealed that she and Jack McManus, her husband of nearly 12 years, are separating.