Hugh Grant Says ‘Love Truly’ Dance Scene Was “Excruciating” And Didn’t Need To Do It – Deadline

One of the vital remembered scenes from Love Truly is Hugh Grant’s dance scene. Though many bear in mind this sequence with nostalgia, Grant just lately recalled it was fairly “excruciating” for him.

“I noticed it within the script and I believed, ‘Effectively, I’ll hate doing that,’” Grant instructed Diane Sawyer within the ABC Information particular The Laughter & Secrets and techniques of Love Truly: 20 Years Later. “I didn’t fancy doing the dance in any respect, not to mention rehearsing it.”

Within the 2003 British vacation movie, Grant performs the prime minister and he dances round 10 Downing Road as The Pointer Sisters’ “Leap” performs within the background.

Richard Curtis, the author and director of the movie, stated Grant initially “stored saying no” to filming the scene and was “grumpy” the day of the shoot.

“I believe he hoped I’d get unwell or one thing and we’d say, ‘Oh, effectively, what a disgrace, we’ll need to lose that dancing sequence,’” Curtis added.

Grant stated it was “a contractual guillotine” and identified that at first of the scene he was out of rhythm, “particularly at first once I wiggle my ass.” The actor additionally famous that it was his concept to have the prime minister’s secretary come into the room he was dancing in to finish the second.

“And to this present day, there’s many individuals, and I agree with them, who suppose it’s essentially the most excruciating scene ever dedicated to celluloid. However then some folks prefer it,” Grant joked.

Watch and bear in mind Grant’s Love Truly dance scene within the video clip posted under.

The Laughter & Secrets and techniques of Love Truly: 20 Years Later – A Diane Sawyer Particular is ready to air Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.