real love is without a doubt a Christmas movie (which you can watch for free on Prime Video). And, like every year, the furor of one of the most beloved names of these dates is back. The one from which all kinds of anecdotes do not cease to appear. This time he’s referring to one of the stars of the cast real love: Hugh grant. Specifically, one of the most popular scenes of the tape and which continues to be a symbol of a film that does not seem to pass through the years.
As Hugh Grant himself explained, this scene is the moment he dances to celebrate that all is going well for him as prime minister, as well as in his personal life. This happened right after he delivered a motivational speech by the President of the United States to the media defending small countries from powerful ones. All as a metaphor to protect the one who was his secretary and the one he was in love with from persecution by the President of the United States.
At this moment, in the privacy of his office, the character played by Hugh Grant is dancing. Bounce, The Pointer Sisters, which currently plays on the radio. Far from being another favorite movie moment, the reality is that the dance real lovealong with the iconic Keira Knightley poster scene, is a symbol of optimism.
Hugh Grant just wasn’t comfortable dancing.
A symbol that the popular British actor really disliked. That several times he expressed his refusal and disgust at the said scene real love:
“I saw it in the script and I thought, ‘Well, I’m going to hate doing this. I didn’t feel like dancing at all, much less rehearsing… And today there are many people, and I agree with them, who consider this the most unbearable scene ever filmed on celluloid. But then some people like it.
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Actually filming this scene was not easy. Hugh Grant himself refused to record it several times. Even while filming real love, the beginning of the scene was completely wrong. The prime minister’s character didn’t match the music, which actually added more of a sense of reality to the scene and ended up being the last scene to go into post-production. He only managed to finish it when it was added in the script that the secretary would eventually find Prime Minister Hugh Grant dancing.
The irony came later, and Hugh Grant, known for his deeply British humor, had to face the fact that this scene was one of his favorites. And it must not have gone so badly, because right after the success real love Other titles came in which the British actor won in the romantic comedy format: Four weddings, a funeral and Notting Hill.
