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‘Notting Hill’ Writer Richard Curtis Reveals Why Julia Roberts Turned Down Sequel
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Carly ThomasImage from The Hollywood Reporter
scrn loglineBeloved 'Notting Hill' writer reveals why Julia Roberts nixed a sequel, as leading man Hugh Grant calls his character a 'despicable' pushoverbeat sheet- According to Richard Curtis, Roberts thought the sequel's idea of her character Anna Scott getting divorced from Hugh Grant's William Thacker was a 'very poor idea'
- Though the original 1999 film was a hit, Grant admits he finds his character 'despicable', saying he 'doesn't have any balls' and wonders why he didn't stop Anna from facing the paparazzi alone
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‘Notting Hill’ Writer Richard Curtis Reveals Why Julia Roberts Turned Down Sequel
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Carly Thomas
scrn logline
Beloved 'Notting Hill' writer reveals why Julia Roberts nixed a sequel, as leading man Hugh Grant calls his character a 'despicable' pushover
beat sheet
- According to Richard Curtis, Roberts thought the sequel's idea of her character Anna Scott getting divorced from Hugh Grant's William Thacker was a 'very poor idea'
- Though the original 1999 film was a hit, Grant admits he finds his character 'despicable', saying he 'doesn't have any balls' and wonders why he didn't stop Anna from facing the paparazzi alone
call sheet
Richard Curtis, Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Netflix, 'Notting Hill', Love Actually, That Christmas