Hugh Grant Did not Need Love Truly Dancing Scene

It is vacation film season — or, as a few of us prefer to name it, Love Truly season.

It is a enjoyable scene to observe — however Hugh himself wasn’t the largest fan of filming it.

“I noticed it within the script and I assumed, ‘Effectively, I will hate doing that,'” he mentioned. “I did not fancy doing the dance in any respect, not to mention rehearsing it.”

The movie’s director, Richard Curtis, added that Hugh “saved saying no” when it got here time to movie the scene. “I feel he hoped I would get unwell or one thing and we might say, ‘Oh, nicely, what a disgrace, we’ll should lose that dancing sequence.'”

Curtis additionally informed host Diane Sawyer that Hugh was “grumpy” once they filmed the scene, but it surely was in the end a “contractual obligation” for him to shake his groove factor. Hugh, for his half, referred to it as a “contractual guillotine.”

“I am out of rhythm, by the way in which, particularly firstly after I wiggle my ass,” Hugh additionally identified — however, ultimately, he has some good humor about the way it all turned out.

“To today, there’s many individuals — and I agree with them — who assume it is probably the most excruciating scene ever dedicated to celluloid,” he joked round whereas reminiscing. “However then some folks prefer it.”