The most famous scene from Love Actually is Hugh Grant’s dance scene. Grant recently remembered this scene with great nostalgia. “excruciating” He will be grateful.
“I saw it in the script and I thought, ‘Well, I’ll hate doing that,’” Grant spoke to Diane Sawyer during the ABC News Special The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later. “I didn’t fancy doing the dance at all, let alone rehearsing it.”
In the 2003 British holiday film, Grant plays the prime minister and he dances around 10 Downing Street as The Pointer Sisters’ “Jump” Plays in the background
Richard Curtis was the director and writer of the film. Grant said Grant in the beginning “kept saying no” The scene was filmed and then edited. “grumpy” The day of shooting.
“I think he was hoping I’d get ill or something and we’d say, ‘Oh, well, what a shame, we’ll have to lose that dancing sequence,’” Curtis also added.
Grant claimed it was “a contractual guillotine” He also pointed out the fact that the rhythm was not right at the beginning. “especially at the beginning when I wiggle my ass.” The actor also noted that it was his idea to have the prime minister’s secretary come into the room he was dancing in to end the moment.
“And to this day, there’s many people, and I agree with them, who think it’s the most excruciating scene ever committed to celluloid. But then some people like it,” Grant joked.
Watch and remember Grant’s Love Actually Below is a video clip of a dance routine.
The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special The program will air on Tuesday, November 29th at 8 PM ET. ET on ABC.