Love Actually director Richard Curtis is looking back at his holiday favorites from 2003, and he now thinks one of the iconic scenes was "a little weird."
In this scene, the character of Mark (Andrew Lincoln) expresses his love for Juliet (Keira Knightley) with a cue card on her doorstep that famously reads: "Come to me Say, you are perfect and my wasted heart will love you.”
Twenty years after the film's release, Curtis shared his mixed feelings about the unforgettable scene in an interview with The Independent .
"He would actually show up at his best friend's house and if his best friend's wife answered the door, he would say 'I love you' to her," Curtis told the outlet. "I thought that was a little weird."
"Stalker Scene"
Curtis also recalled the moment he realized the so-called "stalker scene" had a divisive reputation among Love Actually fans.
“I remember being surprised about seven years ago,” he admits. "I was being interviewed by someone and they said, 'Of course, we're mainly interested in the stalker scene,' and I said, 'What is that scene?'"
Curtis also revealed that he "didn't think it was a stalker scene" at the time of the film's release, adding: "If it's funny or interesting [now] for a different reason, then, you know, God bless our progressive world.”
Curtis has questions
In an annotated version of the Love Actually script recently published by The Sunday Times , Curtis shared his doubts about the cue card scene.
"I came up with four things Mark could do as his big gesture," he wrote. "People in the office picked what they liked best, and I went with it. I wonder: Do we all regret that choice now?"
Meanwhile, Love Actually star Martine McCutcheon, who plays Natalie in the film, defended the infamous 2020 scene.
"I don't think it's creepy at all," McCutchen told Digital Spy. "I think people do crazy things when they fall in love with someone else. He had this moment where he was like, 'That's enough now, I've told her how I feel and I love my friend too, but I have to end up with The right way to get it off your chest.'"
