15 'Love Actually' Weird And Wild Details

Love Actually has become as much of a holiday classic as Home Alone, Elf, or, indeed, the Star Wars Holiday Special. But there’s a ton of weird stuff you still probably don’t know about how it was made. For example ...

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - When Shannon Elizabeth met Hugh Grant on set, shE apologized for being Source: The Daily Beast

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - Richard Curtis wrote Martine Mccutcheon's role for her, but didn't want herSource: The Guardian

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - Liam Neeson ran into an old friend while filming a scene. When they were shooting Source: Entertainment Weekly

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - Bill Nighy was never supposed to be in the movie. Richard Curtias saw him on Source: Entertainment Weekly

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - The lake scene left Colin Firth with a mysterious swelling. The lake CreallySource: Entertainment Weekly

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew -  Hugh Grant dreaded his dance scene. He thought it would be excruciating Source: USA Today

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew -  A back operation led to the movie having SO many storylines. Source: The Daily Beast

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - Liam Neeson was originally cast in Alan Rickman's Source: Entertainment Weekly

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - Sitting next to SO many uber-famous actors at the read-through overwhelmed Source: Entertainment Weekly

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - The prime minister's story had a real-life inspiration Ckind of). When the UK gotSource: The Daily Beast

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - Bill Nighy had on nothing but cowboy boots and a strategically placedSource: Entertainment Weekly

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - Hugh Grant teased Billy Bob Thornton. Thornton really hates antiques, Source: Entertainment Weekly

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - Originally, the stories were in a totally different order. But that Source: The Guardian

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - Richard Curtis' kids are in the Nativity play. His son is wearing a Spider-Man Source: The Daily Beast

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15 Weird Details About Love Actually That You Never Knew - There's a cut story set in Africa. It was supposed to start with the camera goingSource: The Guardian