It is vacation film season — or, as a few of us wish to name it, Love Really season.
It is a enjoyable scene to observe — however Hugh himself wasn’t the largest fan of filming it.
Within the upcoming ABC Information particular The Laughter & Secrets and techniques of Love Really: 20 Years Later (by way of Folks), Hugh reveals that he mainly hated the concept as quickly as he laid eyes on the script.
“I noticed it within the script and I assumed, ‘Effectively, I am going to 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, effectively, what a disgrace, we’ll must lose that dancing sequence.'”
Curtis additionally informed host Diane Sawyer that Hugh was “grumpy” after they filmed the scene, but it surely was finally 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 originally once I wiggle my ass,” Hugh additionally identified — however, in the long run, 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.”
In order for you extra BTS secrets and techniques behind Love Really, the particular airs subsequent Tuesday, November 29, at 8 p.m. on ABC.