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‘A very poor idea’: Julia Roberts rejected Richard Curtis’s proposed Notting Hill divorce sequel

While Roberts put the kibosh on Richard Curtis’s proposal, Hugh Grant was happy to prove the lie of a happy ending for his ‘despicable’ character

Speaking to IndieWire to promote forthcoming animation That Christmas, Curtis – who has previously overseen short spin-offs of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually in aid of Comic Relief – said he had envisioned a similar “mini sequel” to Notting Hill. The actor specifically cited Notting Hill in his proposal, adding: “I’d like to do me and Julia and the hideous divorce that’s ensued with really expensive lawyers, children involved in [a] tug of love, floods of tears. Grant, who is currently promoting horror film Heretic and will be return as the dastardly Daniel Cleaver in next year’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, recently told Vanity Fair that he thinks his character in Notting Hill is “despicable”.

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