“” hit Polish cinemas on November 21, 2003 and almost immediately won the hearts of viewers around the world. 20 years have passed since its premiere and today some people claim that Richard Curtis’ production has aged poorly. Some time ago, the director blamed one of the jokes used in the film. Despite this, the production enjoys great sympathy, popularity and sentiment among fans. One of the memorable scenes from “Love Actually” is the one in which the character played by buys a necklace. It turns out that the actor had a big problem with it.
Alan Rickman hated this scene? Fans love her
Let’s remind. Harry, played by Rickman, father of two children and husband of Karen (played by Emma Thompson), is fascinated by his secretary, Mia (Heike Makatsch), and becomes involved in an affair with her. The truth comes to light on Christmas evening, when Karen discovers that he was not buying the expensive necklace for her some time earlier. She caught him at a jewelry stand. This wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for the salesman played by Rowan Atkinson.
It was the scene of buying the necklace that caused Rickman the most problems. It was all Atkinson’s fault. Harry in the movie was in a hurry to buy a gift secretly from his wife, but he is extremely unlucky. Rufus, a salesman, decides to show off his gift wrapping talent. – It’s not a purse. It’s more than just a bag, she says. And so the necklace ends up in a case, then in foil, with flowers, lavender sprigs, a cinnamon stick… Finally, Rickman’s character loses patience.
“This is Love”. Rowan Atkinson drove Alan Rickman crazy
In the program “The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Special”, broadcast on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the film’s premiere, “Love Actually” director Richard Curtis revealed that Rickman did not have to make much effort to play the growing every second annoyance. Atkinson drove him crazy with his improvisation.
– Rowan took his time. We shot 11 minutes of footage, and then he said, “Look, let’s go back and start over.” And poor Alan stood there the whole time and just muttered “grr, ugh” under his breath – Curtis. The gift wrapping scene improvised by Atkinson turned out to be one of the most recognizable in the film. But Rickman wasn’t the only one who had to grit his teeth on set. In the same program, Hugh Grant revealed that he hated his iconic dance scene to the hit The Pointer Sisters.
Source: Gazeta
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