Christmas isn’t Christmas with out brussels sprouts, household arguments and Love Truly on the field.

It could be a full 20 years because the much-loved festive rom-com was launched, however Richard Curtis’s all-star film is as fashionable at the moment because it was when it first hit cinemas.

However when you thought you knew every thing there was to know in regards to the movie after watching it for the sixty fifth time, assume once more…

There’s solely a four-year age hole between Keira Knightley, who performed newly-wed Juliet and Thomas Brodie-Sangster who performed lovestruck teenager Sam.

Keira was 17 throughout filming whereas Sam was solely 13. Thoughts. Blown.

“I had a large spot in the midst of my brow,” she advised BBC Radio 1. “It was humongous, so there was no alternative however to discover a hat to cowl it — as a result of there was no lighting or make-up that was going to cowl it.”

“I believe the bare folks needs to be sporting extra garments,” he advised NME.

In case you want your thoughts jogging, Richard is referring to the scene through which Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Web page’s character Judy is seen bare as her co-star Martin Freeman, as John, cups her breasts

The actor would possibly seem bare in that scene with Joanna, however he was really sporting a cock-sock. And sure, that’s an official time period.

Yep, the love story of John and Judy as a pair of stand-ins on an erotic drama mimicking intercourse acts often finally ends up getting the chop.

His daughter and spouse Emma Freud seem because the second lobster within the Nativity, the clever man with the Spider-Man face paint is the couple’s son and the housekeeper at Downing Road is performed by Emma’s mom.

“I may have been some youngster star and had a complete breakdown by the age I’m now,” she mentioned. “I may need been a has-been by now as an alternative of nonetheless attempting to construct up my profession.” Olivia was final seen on Celeb X Issue however was the primary star to be voted off.

…however there’s a bit extra to this story. The actor revealed: “I bought a letter within the mail from Richard Curtis saying that he’d been attempting to forged this half, and he’d stored saying to his associate, Emma Freud, that he’d been in search of a ‘Laura Linney-type,’ and he or she mentioned, ‘Why don’t you ask Laura Linney?’”

You would possibly love that scene through which the PM could be scene strutting his stuff round No.10 to the Pointer Sisters’ Leap (For My Love), however the British actor described filming the scene as “absolute hell”.

He explains: “There was this dance written and I believed, ‘That’s going to be excruciating’ and it has the ability to be essentially the most excruciating scene ever dedicated to celluloid. I definitely dreaded filming it and Richard stored saying, ‘Don’t you assume we’d higher rehearse the dancing scene’ and I’d say, ‘Uh sure I’ve simply gotta be taught some traces…my ankle hurts at the moment’. So it was by no means rehearsed.”

“It’s my handwriting!” the actor advised Leisure Weekly. “It’s humorous, as a result of the artwork division did it, after which I mentioned, ‘Nicely, can I do it?’ as a result of I wish to assume that my handwriting is actually good

“Truly, it ended up with me having to form of hint over the artwork division’s, so it’s my handwriting, however with a form of pencil stencil beneath.”

However Martine McCutcheon who performed Downing Road employees member Natalie, has defended the movie’s divisive scene.

“I believe folks do loopy issues when they’re in love with folks,” she mentioned.

“He had his second the place he thought ‘sufficient now, I’ve advised her how I really feel, I really like my good friend too however I needed to get it off my chest in the correct method’. She’d already seen the video, and I believe it was his method of creating issues defined and comfy.”

Twelve instances in reality. “We simply let it occur, and Emma walked into the room 12 instances in a row and sobbed. It was an incredible feat of appearing,” Richard Curtis advised The Day by day Beast.

After her now ex-husband Kenneth Branagh allegedly had an affair with Helena Bonham Carter, Emma mentioned: “I had my coronary heart very badly damaged by Ken, so I knew what it was like to seek out the necklace that wasn’t meant for me. Nicely it wasn’t precisely that, however we’ve all been by it.”

She was slimmer than the character Richard Curtis had envisioned.

Invoice performs rocker Billy Mack, who at one level utters this piece of recommendation: “Hello youngsters! Don’t purchase medication – develop into a rock star they usually provide you with them free of charge.”

He recorded Christmas Is All Round on the world well-known Abbey Highway Studios in London, made well-known by the legendary British band.

Richard Curtis and his manufacturing designer Jim Clay had been solely permitted into the PM’s residence while closely supervised and so needed to recreate these (very convincing) interiors from reminiscence at Shepperton Studios.

Richard Curtis’ spouse Emma Freud choreographed *that* kiss between Colin Firth and Lúcia Moniz, who performs Portuguese waitress Aurelia. “I used to be the kissing advisor,” Emma revealed, earlier than including: “And that may be a actual job.”

It was solely 18 inches deep. So the 2 actors had been really kneeling in that scene, relatively than swimming.

They opted for pale blue, however you in all probability already knew that.

Earlier than starring within the movie, Lúcia represented Portugal within the Eurovision Tune Contest in 1996 and has launched 4 albums up to now.

It was modified because the filmmakers didn’t need the EastEnders star to know the half was written particularly for her (sure, it actually was).

The PM recreated one of many movie’s most iconic scenes in an effort to win votes on the 2019 basic election.

Afterwards Hugh advised BBC Radio 4’s In the present day programme: “I did discover that one of many playing cards from the unique movie that he didn’t maintain up was the one the place Andrew Lincoln held up a card saying ’As a result of at Christmas, you inform the reality. I simply surprise if the spin docs within the Tory celebration thought that was a card that wouldn’t look too nice in Boris Johnson’s fingers.” Burrrrrrrn.

“I’ve not seen all of it from starting to finish as a result of I’m so busy,” Boris mentioned. “However I’m acquainted with the fundamental idea and the improbable work executed by Hugh Grant.” Do you need to inform Hugh, or lets?

The previous supermodel was reportedly paid £200K for her blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene. She’s on display screen for an entire minute.

“We didn’t all movie collectively, however we had an enormous trailer park for all of the forged,” Invoice Nighy advised The Guardian. “There have been so many well-known folks in there, we used to speak about being on Liam Neeson Means or Emma Thompson Highway or Hugh Grant Avenue. And it was a masterpiece of diplomacy, too; all of us had the identical dimension and kind of trailer.”

They had been filmed on hidden cameras and everybody featured needed to signal a waiver agreeing to be included within the festive movie.

There may be an unofficial Indian providing titled A Tribute To Love, a Polish take referred to as Letter To St. Nicolas and a Japanese model, It All Started After I Met You, which borrows the idea in addition to the movie’s poster format (above).

The forged and crew got the chance to purchase gadgets from the units in addition to the garments worn by the characters as soon as filming was full.

The previous EastEnders star’s first scene concerned leaping into Hugh’s arms, which hadn’t proved as straightforward because it appeared on display screen.

Martine explains: “I used to be actually nervous as a result of I needed to run and leap on Hugh, that was my first scene, and I used to be considering ‘Oh my God, I’m going to kill him!’

“He was like ‘Come on, go for it’, and I used to be so nervous as a result of I had by no means needed to leap on anyone in a scene in my life and now as I do it, it’s with the heartthrob that’s Hugh Grant, in entrance of everyone, in entrance of all these superb actors, and what if I knock him out? What if I do one thing fallacious?”

23 instances in whole, in reality. 22 by the characters, and as soon as within the opening monologue.