How do you think l'm doing? Uh, l don't know, l'm afraid. A montage shows their wedding and arrival at one of Anna's movie premieres, before ending with them on a bench in the private garden, Will reading to a visibly pregnant Anna. This film is an excellent vehicle for Julia Roberts to put her own life as an actress under the microscope. Just the one question, please. No, no, it's actually quite sensible.
A romance slowly blooms as his friends and family not to mention the world at large wonder out loud what he's doing dating a movie star. Happiness isn't happiness without a violin-playing goat. Only the people who live round the edges are allowed in. All l'm asking for is a normal amount of perspective. William recommends this book to Anna, commenting that unlike another book in the store the author has at least been to Istanbul. Hey, what are you gonna order? Filming began on 17 April 1998 in West London and at Shepperton Studios.
Important roles are also played by Tim McInnerny and Gina McKee as William's best friend Max and his disabled wife Bella; the love of this ordinary couple for each other provides a more realistic, down-to-earth counterpart to the fairy-tale romance of William and Anna, helping to anchor the film more firmly in reality. Interior scenes were the last to be filmed, at Shepperton Studios. But, um-- The bathroom's on the top floor. Four Weddings and a Funeral director Mike Newell was approached but rejected it to work on Pushing Tin. You abide by rules like that? Exactly a year ago today, this man here started the finest restaurant in London. Mr Thacker realized he'd been a daft prick. Cartwright, Wainwright, whatever your name is, l promised little Jimmy l'd be home for his birthday, so could you get a message to him that l may be late.
Well, l'm sure he was friendly to Demi Moore who acted with him in Ghost. Eventually, Anna and William get to know each other better over the months, but being together with the world's most wanted woman is not easy - neither around your closest friends, nor in front of the all-devouring press. Spike owes you an expensive dinner or holiday, depending who's got the brains to get the going rate on betrayal. Grant and Roberts are both passionate and bemused observers of the absurdities of fame that end up surrounding them, but they act this out in comic byplay and inventive responses. The hero of the film, William Thacker, is the owner of one of these shops, a travel bookshop. Farce, all that, you know. The last time you were here, there were some fairly graphic photographs.
William is similar to an number of other Hugh Grant characters, being a shy, diffident middle-class Englishman, probably public-school and university educated. Profit from major sales push, minus £347. The acting of both Roberts and Grant has evinced more depth. . There's always a pause when the jury goes out to consider their verdict.
We'll never get this done today. Last time l was Mrs Bambi. You know what they say about men with big feet. That would be, uh-- be great. What is going on in there? Of course l did, but he didn't. There's something wrong with the goggles, though.
The film won Best British Film, Best British Director for Roger Michell, and Best British Actor for Hugh Grant at the Empire Awards. Uh, l brought these, but clearly-- No, they're great. Before leaving, she impulsively kisses him and then asks him not to mention what just occurred. See you in a sec. She and Will share a private moment in a garden square as they walk back from the birthday party. The photography and settings show off London beautifully, and the story's interior scenes make highly imaginative use of a narrow, stacked-up Notting Hill mini-townhouse.
Oh, you gave me a present. Could you adios these dirty dishes and take out that trash too? Um, l ask you when you're telling everyone, and you say-- Um, tomorrow will be soon enough. Everyone in the world knows who you are. So, uh, tell me, um, Anna, what do you do? Well, ideally, when l went back to the desk, you'd remove the Cadogan Guide to Bali from your trousers. One day, a distraught Anna appears at Will's doorstep; some pre-stardom nude photos have been published in the tabloids along with reports of a video filmed without her permission , and she needs a place to hide from the fallout. Apart from the American, l've only loved two girls, both total disasters. And what's great is that lots of friends have ended up in this part of London.