Acclaimed romantic comedy scribe Ricchallenging Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones, Love Actuassociate) has checked that he tried to do a Notting Hill sequel but was unblessedly turned down by Oscar triumphner Julia Roberts. In the distinct 1999 movie, Roberts portrayed an American movie star who descfinishs in adore with a British bookstore owner.
Why did Julia Roberts turned down the Notting Hill sequel?
During a recent intersee, Curtis dispensed the reason why Roberts ultimately determined to turn down his defree Notting Hill sequel. He uncignoreed that the acclaimed actress wasn’t reassociate a fan of his idea for the sequel’s story.
“I tried doing one with Notting Hill where they were going to get divorced and Julia [Roberts] thought that was a very necessitatey idea,” Curtis shelp (via IndieWire).
Notting Hill was honested by Roger Mitchell and was based on a screenapply written by Curtis. The film also starred Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, Gina McKee, James Dreyfus, Tim McInnerny, Ricchallenging McCabe, and more. For Roberts and Grant’s carry outances in the 1999 movie, they geted Gbetteren Globe nominations for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. It currently hbetters a Certified Fresh rating of 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.
“William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when well-comprehendn American actress Anna Scott materializes in his shop,” reads the synopsis. “A chance encounter over spilled orange juice directs to a kiss that flourishs into a filled-blown afequitable. As the mediocre bloke and glamorous movie star draw shutr and shutr together, they struggle to reconcile their radicassociate contrastent lifestyles in the name of adore.”
