Love Actually

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peter
• Colin Firth as Jamie
• Gregor Fisher as Joe
• Hugh Grant as David, the Prime Minister
• Sienna Guillory as Jamie’s girlfriend
• Keira Knightley as Juliet
• Andrew Lincoln as Mark
• Laura Linney as Sarah
• Martine McCutcheon as Natalie
• Lúcia Moniz as Aurélia
• Liam Neeson as Daniel
• Bill Nighy as Billy Mack
• Alan Rickman as Harry
• Thomas Sangster as Sam
• Rodrigo Santoro as Karl
• Emma Thompson as Karen
• Joanna Bacon as Natalie’s Mum
• Brian Bovell as Radio Watford DJ
• Kris Marshall as Colin
• Abdul Salis as Tony
• Heike Makatsch as Mia
• Martin Freeman as John
• Joanna Page as Judy
• Olivia Olson as Joanna
• Billy Bob Thornton as the U.S. President
• Rowan Atkinson as Rufus
• Claudia Schiffer as Carol
• Nina Sosanya as Annie
• Margery Mason as Harris Street old lady
• Rowan Atkinson as salesman
• Gillian Barge as cabinet minister
• Ivana Miličević as Stacey – American dreamgirl
• John Sharian as Wisconsin taxi driver
• Wyllie Longmore as Jeremy
• Dan Fredenburgh as Jamie’s bad brother
• Lynden David Hall as the wedding singer
• Sheila Allen as Jamie’s Mum
• Junior Simpson as Wedding DJ
• Jo Whiley as Radio DJ
• January Jones as Jeannie – American angel
• Elisha Cuthbert as Carol-Anne – American goddess
• Laura Rees as record company executive
• Wes Butters as Radio 1 Chart Show DJ
• Lulu Popplewell as Daisy
• Marcus Brigstocke as Mikey
• Julia Davis as Nancy
• Ruby Turner as Jean
• Adam Godley as Mr Trench
• Élisabeth Margoni as Eleonore
• Edward Hardwicke as Sam’s grandfather
• Caroline John as Sam’s grandmother
• Meg Wynn Owen as Mary, the PM’s secretary
• Nancy Sorrell as Greta
• Shannon Elizabeth as Harriet – the sexy one
• Denise Richards as Carla – the real friendly one
• Richard Curtis as trombone player (uncredited)
• Rebecca Frayn as Joanna, Daniel’s wife (uncredited)
• Jeanne Moreau as taxi passenger Marseille Airport (uncredited)
• Anthony McPartlin as TV host Ant (himself)
• Declan Donnelly as TV host Dec (himself)
• Michael Parkinson as TV host Parkinson (himself)

Storyline:

Against the backdrop of aged has-been rock star Billy Mack’s Christmas themed comeback cover of “Love Is All Around”, which he knows is crap and makes no bones about it, much to his manager Joe’s chagrin as he promotes the record, several interrelated stories about romantic love and the obstacles to happiness through love for Londoners are presented in the five weeks preceding Christmas. Daniel’s wife has just died, leaving him to take care of his adolescent stepson Sam by himself. Daniel is uncertain how to deal with Sam and his problems without his wife present, especially in light of a potential budding romance within their household. Juliet and Peter have just gotten married. They believe that Peter’s best friend and best man Mark hates Juliet, but won’t say so to his or her face. Others looking at the situation from the outside believe Mark is jealous of Juliet, as he is in love with Peter. Jamie, a writer, is taking a writing retreat by himself in rural France following catching his latest girlfriend in an indiscretion. Jamie ends up spending much time in France with Aurelia, the Portuguese woman hired as the housekeeper. The question becomes not only if they can communicate their day-to-day needs with each other as she speaks no English, he speaks no Portuguese, and neither speaks French very well, but communicate what seems to be their increasing mutual attraction to each other. Sarah has been in love with her co-worker Karl for the two years they have worked together, this attraction about which everyone in their workplace knows. Sarah has to decide if she can be forward enough to express this love directly to Karl, especially in light of what has been her personal priority of dealing with a family issue. Harry and Karen have been in a stable long term marriage. His new assistant Mia drops hints to him that she would like them to be romantically involved. Harry has to decide whether to fall to the temptation, especially considering being married to a perceptive wife. Single and relatively young David is the newly elected Prime Minister. At 10 Downing Street, he is attracted to one of the new household servants, Natalie, but isn’t sure what to do about it seeing as to their respective positions, the probable public scrutiny, and an incident involving the visiting U.S. President. Socially unaware Colin Frissell believes that the lack of romantic love in his life is all the fault of standoffish British women. As such, he decides to take decisive albeit somewhat unusual geographic action. And John and Judy are movie body doubles. They can communicate with each other straightforwardly while they are simulating sex filming a movie, but they may not be able to translate the feelings behind that simulation in real-life to each other.

About Movie:

Love Actually is a Christmas romantic comedy written and directed by Richard Curtis. The film features an ensemble cast, including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Bill Nighy, and Rowan Atkinson.

Curtis originally conceived the movie as two separate films with expanded versions of the eventual storylines but later combined them into one, adding a Christmas theme. Initially, the film included fourteen storylines, but four were cut, including two already filmed. One removed subplot involved a gay love story between a school headmistress and her terminally ill partner, which Curtis later expressed regret over cutting.

Filming took place mainly on location in London, including notable landmarks like Trafalgar Square, the Millennium Bridge, and Heathrow Airport, while scenes set at 10 Downing Street were filmed at Shepperton Studios.

Released on November 14, 2003, in the US and a week later in the UK, Love Actually grossed $248 million globally on a $40 million budget. It received mixed reviews from critics but became a box office success. The film was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

In 2017, a short film sequel, Red Nose Day Actually, was broadcast on BBC One and NBC for charity.

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