Love Actually has been a much loved Christmas romcom hit since its release 20 years ago now, the Mirror reports. However, beady eyed fans on social media have spotted a mistake in one particular famous scene that they now claim has 'ruined' the entire movie for them.
Alan Rickman Was Apparently Enraged by This Classic ‘Love Actually’ Scene
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, the cast and crew of the beloved holiday romantic comedy revealed that the late Alan Rickman was enraged by his scene with Rowan Atkinson. Love Actually director Richard Curtis revisited the iconic scene that finds Rickman’s Harry sneaking away from , at the mall to purchase a gold necklace for Mia (Heike Makatsch), an attractive younger woman who works at his office. While at the register, he has to deal with Atkinson’s eccentric clerk, Rufus, who promises to have Harry’s gift wrapped “in the flashiest of flashes,” but takes a comically long time adding unnecessary flourishes like a gold ribbon, flower buds, lavender, a cinnamon stick, and a sprig of holly. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.While the scene is a comedic showcase for Atkinson, Rickman apparently didn’t find it all that funny at the time.
“Rowan was just taking his time,” Curtis told Diane Sawyer. “So he would do 11-minute takes.” The length of the takes and the improvisation were apparently grating to Rickman.
“[Rowan would say], ‘Let’s go back and do that. Let’s start again.’ And poor Alan was there all the time going, ‘Grr, ugh.’” Luckily, Rickman’s frustration with the worked perfectly for his character, whose impatience with the situation is palpable.
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