Hugh Grant Says ‘Love Actually’ Dance Scene Was “Excruciating” And Didn’t Want To Do It

One of probably the most remembered scenes from Love Actually is Hugh Grant’s dance scene. Although many keep in mind this sequence with nostalgia, Grant just lately recalled it was fairly “excruciating” for him.

“I saw it in the script and I thought, ‘Well, I’ll hate doing that,’” Grant instructed Diane Sawyer within the ABC News particular The Laughter & Secrets of Love Actually: 20 Years Later. “I didn’t fancy doing the dance at all, let alone rehearsing it.”

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

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

“I think he was hoping I’d get ill or something and we’d say, ‘Oh, well, what a shame, we’ll have to lose that dancing sequence,’” Curtis added.

Grant mentioned it was “a contractual guillotine” and identified that in the beginning of the scene he was out of rhythm, “especially at the beginning when 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 day, there’s many people, and I agree with them, who think it’s the most excruciating scene ever committed to celluloid. But then some people like it,” Grant joked.

Watch and keep in mind Grant’s Love Actually dance scene within the video clip posted beneath.