“Behind the Scenes Drama: Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts’ Explosive Clash on the Set of Notting Hill!”
He remarked that Roberts was “very big-mouthed… physically, she has a very big mouth,” then joking, “when I was kissing her, I was aware of a very faint echo.” When Winfrey called Roberts one of the nicest people she’d met, Grant demurred, “I wouldn’t go that far.”
Reminded of these remarks in 2014, Roberts didn’t seem to take Grant too seriously, and said she’d happily work with him a second time. âI had a blast on Notting Hill. Even though he is cruel about my looks, he is a great talent, so it would be fun [to work with him again]. Heâs forgiven now.â
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To date, Roberts and Grant have never made another film together. Both stars have faded back from the limelight somewhat over the years, but while Roberts is still happy to make rom-coms (such as 2022’s Ticket to Paradise opposite George Clooney), Grant has declared he’s now “too old, ugly and fat” to make such films.
Still, Grant does have a curious pitch for a Notting Hill sequel: “I would like to do a sequel to one of my own romantic comedies that shows what happened after those films ended, to really prove the terrible lie that they all were, that it was a happy ending…
“I’d like to do me and Julia and the hideous divorce that’s ensued, with really expensive lawyers and children involved in tug of love, floods of tears, psychologically scarred forever. I’d love to do that film.”
