Love Actually DVD Commentary Review
Sharing the mike on an informal but informative commentary with Hugh Grant, Bill Nighy and Sangster, Curtis reveals how he modelled the musical wedding scene on Jim Henson’s funeral, at which a chorus of Muppets saluted their creator. Seeing the film for the first time, Nighy seems genuinely embarassed by his performance as a washed-up rocker: “I look like my Dad with long hair!” Grant arrives five minutes late, takes a call from his golf coach and is still great value, pouring amiable scorn on any scene involving Colin Firth. But perhaps the most telling moment comes in an interview with the producer, Duncan Kenworthy, who admits to insisting that Laura Linney’s object of obsession be a smouldering Latin type. His reason? Nobody could fantasise for two years about an Englishman.
London Times.
London Times.