Hugh Grant hated this dance scene in Love Actually.
“I saw it in the script and thought ‘I’ll hate doing that’. No Englishman can dance when they’re sober at 8am in the morning.”
He kept saying no, hoping the director would get tired, only to realize it was “a contractual guillotine.”
“But I will give myself this credit…it was my idea to have that secretary lady catch me.”
The Belle (2013) audition tape comparison shows Sarah Gadon, Claire Foy, and Emilia Clarke performing the same scene for Elizabeth Murray. Ultimately, Sarah Gadon got the role, but each actress brought a distinctly different interpretation to the lines.
Kissing him on his neck before starting to ask the question so he’d be blissed out a bit, then kissing him and basically begging him to stay into his mouth and their little smiles after Shane agrees to stay. INJECT IT