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** Michael Fitzgerald plays Sarah's brother Michael.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Milwaukee, WI, shows up in a brief scene, and everything from the airport sign to the bar looks like it was shot in California. The only thing that looks right is the shot of the house at the end of the scene.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Milwaukee, WI, shows up in a brief scene, and everything from the airport sign to the bar looks like it was shot in California. It was actually shot in England. The only thing that looks right is the shot of the house at the end of the scene.
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** Creator/HughGrant hated the dancing scene, because he didn't think a Prime Minister would do something like that. He also half-jokingly described the film as 'unwatchable' in a 2023 interview.
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** Creator/HughGrant hated the dancing scene, because he didn't think a Prime Minister would do something like that. He also half-jokingly described the film as 'unwatchable' "unwatchable" in a 2023 interview.
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* CreatorChosenCasting: According to the DVDCommentary, the casting director got frustrated because Richard Curtis kept rejecting every actress that auditioned for Sarah because he wanted "someone more like Laura Linney". The casting director eventually snapped that they should just offer the role to Linney, which is exactly what they ended up doing.
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* CrossDressingVoices: In the French dub, Sam is voiced by Belgian voice actress Creator/JackieBerger (who was 55 back then).
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** Creator/HughGrant hated the dancing scene, because he didn't think a Prime Minister would do something like that.
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** Creator/HughGrant hated the dancing scene, because he didn't think a Prime Minister would do something like that. He also half-jokingly described the film as 'unwatchable' in a 2023 interview.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/LiamNeeson, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/ColinFirth, Creator/HughGrant, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/RowanAtkinson and many more less internationally famous but who are very well known in Britain. Probably even more star-studded today following the respective breakouts of Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor, Creator/MartinFreeman, and Creator/AndrewLincoln after the film's release. Even the then-child actors in the PuppyLove pairing, Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster and Olivia Olson, are actors and voice actors of some renown.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/LiamNeeson, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/ColinFirth, Creator/HughGrant, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/RowanAtkinson and many more less internationally famous but who are very well known in Britain. Probably even more star-studded today following the respective breakouts of Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor, Creator/MartinFreeman, and Creator/AndrewLincoln after the film's release. Even the then-child actors in the PuppyLove pairing, Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster and Olivia Olson, Creator/OliviaOlson, are actors and voice actors of some renown.
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* NonSingingVoice: Played with. It ''is'' Olivia Olson singing "All I Want For Christmas". But her singing was so good, they edited it in post production because they didn't think viewers would believe [[RealityIsUnrealistic it was a child actually singing]].
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* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/KeiraKnightley stated that she believes Juliet ultimately stayed with her husband.
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* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/KeiraKnightley stated that she believes Juliet ultimately stayed with her husband. Confirmed in the sequel, ''Red Nose Day Actually''.
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* DuelingWorks: With another Christmas themed feel-good romantic comedy Film/TheHoliday.
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* DeletedRole: Most of Edward Hardwicke's role was removed from the final print.
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* DeletedRole: Most of Edward Hardwicke's role was removed from the final print. As mentioned below, Anne Reid and Frances de la Tour were also cut when their storyline was removed from the film.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Rowan Atkinson did a lot of long improvisations and chatted casually with Richard Curtis about his ideas during the filming of the scene where Harry tries to buy the necklace without Karen finding out - and Alan Rickman gradually got just as angry and impatient as his character was supposed to be.
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* TheDanza:
** Creator/BillNighy playing Billy Mack.
** {{Averted}} in one case. Natalie was originally called Martine, but was changed when Martine [=McCutchen=] was cast.
** Creator/BillNighy playing Billy Mack.
** {{Averted}} in one case. Natalie was originally called Martine, but was changed when Martine [=McCutchen=] was cast.
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**TheDanza: Creator/BillNighy playing Billy Mack.
** {{Averted}} in one case. Natalie was originally called Martine, but was changed when Martine [=McCutchen=] was cast.Mack.
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** {{Averted}} in one case. Natalie was originally called Martine, but was changed when Martine [=McCutchen=] was cast.
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** "Who's Creator/BillNighy? Is he famous in England or something?" Yes, a little, but this was the film that elevated him to national treasure status.
** Averted by Martine [=McCutcheon=], a former-soap-star-turned-singer, who was given major billing and was about as well-received as the rest of the film. For some reason this didn't launch her onto any other roles.
** "Who's Creator/BillNighy? Is he famous in England or something?" Yes, a little, but this was the film that elevated him to national treasure status.
** Averted by Martine [=McCutcheon=], a former-soap-star-turned-singer, who was given major billing and was about as well-received as the rest of the film. For some reason this didn't launch her onto any other roles.
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* StarMakingRole:
**StarMakingRole: "Who's Creator/BillNighy? Is he famous in England or something?" Yes, a little, but this was the film that elevated him to national treasure status.
** Averted by Martine [=McCutcheon=], a former-soap-star-turned-singer, who was given major billing and was about as well-received as the rest of the film. For some reason this didn't launch her onto any other roles.status.
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** Averted by Martine [=McCutcheon=], a former-soap-star-turned-singer, who was given major billing and was about as well-received as the rest of the film. For some reason this didn't launch her onto any other roles.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Kris Marshall returned his paycheck for the scene in which the three American girls undress Colin. He said he had such a good time having three women undress him for twenty one takes, he'd do it for free.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Kris Marshall returned his paycheck for the scene in which where the three American girls undress Colin. him. He said he had such a good great time having three women girls undress him for twenty one takes, he'd twenty-one takes that he was willing to do it for free.free, and thus returned his check for that day.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Kris Marshall returned his paycheck for the scene where the three American girls undress him. He said he had such a great time having three girls undress him for twenty-one takes that he was willing to do it for free, and thus returned his check for that day.
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* RetroactiveRecognition. Pretty much ''every'' main character has a career that skyrocketed after this film came out, as detailed under AllStarCast.
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* ThrowItIn: The hat that Juliet wears in the scene with the wedding video? Keira Knightley turned up on set with a giant pimple on her forehead, and they had to cover it.
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* ThrowItIn: The hat that Juliet wears in a hat during the scene with the where she finds Mark's video of her wedding video? because Keira Knightley turned showed up on set that day with a giant massive pimple on her forehead, and they had forehead. The cap was the only way the crew could find to cover hide it.
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* RetroactiveRecognition. Pretty much ''every'' main character has a career that skyrocketed after this film came out, as detailed under AllStarCast.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/LiamNeeson (''Taken''), Creator/AlanRickman (''Die Hard'' and ''Harry Potter''), Creator/ColinFirth (''Kingsman''), Creator/HughGrant (''Notting Hill''), Creator/EmmaThompson (''Film/NannyMcPhee''), Creator/RowanAtkinson (Mr Bean) and many more less internationally famous but who are very well known in Britain. Probably even more star-studded today following the respective breakouts of Creator/KeiraKnightley (''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''), Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor (''Film/TwelveYearsASlave''), Creator/MartinFreeman (''Film/TheHobbit''), and Creator/AndrewLincoln (''Series/TheWalkingDead'') after the film's release. Even the then-child actors in the PuppyLove pairing, Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster and Olivia Olson, are actors and voice actors of some renown.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/LiamNeeson (''Taken''), Creator/AlanRickman (''Die Hard'' and ''Harry Potter''), Creator/ColinFirth (''Kingsman''), Creator/HughGrant (''Notting Hill''), Creator/EmmaThompson (''Film/NannyMcPhee''), Creator/LiamNeeson, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/ColinFirth, Creator/HughGrant, Creator/EmmaThompson, Creator/RowanAtkinson (Mr Bean) and many more less internationally famous but who are very well known in Britain. Probably even more star-studded today following the respective breakouts of Creator/KeiraKnightley (''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''), Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor (''Film/TwelveYearsASlave''), Creator/MartinFreeman (''Film/TheHobbit''), Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor, Creator/MartinFreeman, and Creator/AndrewLincoln (''Series/TheWalkingDead'') after the film's release. Even the then-child actors in the PuppyLove pairing, Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster and Olivia Olson, are actors and voice actors of some renown.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/LiamNeeson (''Taken''), Creator/AlanRickman (''Die Hard'' and ''Harry Potter''), Creator/ColinFirth (''Kingsman''), Creator/HughGrant (''Notting Hill''), Creator/EmmaThompson (''Film/NannyMcPhee''), Creator/RowanAtkinson (Mr Bean) and many more less internationally famous but who are very well known in Britain. Probably even more star-studded today following the respective breakouts of Creator/KeiraKnightley (''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''), Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor (''Film/12YearsASlave''), Creator/MartinFreeman (''Film/TheHobbit''), and Creator/AndrewLincoln (''Series/TheWalkingDead'') after the film's release. Even the then-child actors in the PuppyLove pairing, Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster and Olivia Olson, are actors and voice actors of some renown.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/LiamNeeson (''Taken''), Creator/AlanRickman (''Die Hard'' and ''Harry Potter''), Creator/ColinFirth (''Kingsman''), Creator/HughGrant (''Notting Hill''), Creator/EmmaThompson (''Film/NannyMcPhee''), Creator/RowanAtkinson (Mr Bean) and many more less internationally famous but who are very well known in Britain. Probably even more star-studded today following the respective breakouts of Creator/KeiraKnightley (''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''), Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor (''Film/12YearsASlave''), (''Film/TwelveYearsASlave''), Creator/MartinFreeman (''Film/TheHobbit''), and Creator/AndrewLincoln (''Series/TheWalkingDead'') after the film's release. Even the then-child actors in the PuppyLove pairing, Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster and Olivia Olson, are actors and voice actors of some renown.
