Julia Roberts via Associated PressThis year marks the 25th anniversary of the classic romantic comedy Notting Hill ― in which, it turns out, Julia Roberts almost didn’t star. In the latest issue of British Vogue, Julia told filmmaker Richard Curtis, who wrote Notting Hill, that she hesitated to take the part for a shocking reason: The character was, like Julia herself, a movie star. But Julia didn’t see it that way, calling the movie “one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do”. “I almost didn’t take the part because it just seemed ― oh, it just seemed so awkward. Advertisement“I said, ‘Go into my bedroom and grab this, this and this out of my closet,’” Julia revealed.

Source: Huffington Post January 12, 2024 07:45 UTC