Every year around Christmas time, many people have their traditions and movies that they like to rewatch. Home alone is always a top choice, except in 2004 Actually love has since become a cult classic and Keira Knightley reflected on the film’s legacy.

Annually people often speak up Actually loveis worthy as a Christmas film. The film followed various couples as they grappled with life in the weeks leading up to Christmas, and the authenticity of the flawed characters worked in its favor while also making for one of the saddest romance moments of all time. As the merry season approaches while promoting her latest Netflix TV series, Black pigeonsKeira Knightley said Actually loveas well as the iconic cue card scene in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.

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Knightley first made it clear that she is not one of those people who rewatches the rom-com classic every year and has only seen it Actually love once. However, this is all because she doesn’t watch her films often. “Most of my films I have either never seen or only seen once. So there is nothing against it Actually love.“

She continued: “It’s nice because it didn’t do as well as everyone thought it would when it came out. Suddenly, about three or four years later, it took on a life of its own, so to speak. It’s the only film I’ve ever had that found that afterlife.” Knightley added: “The problem is, I was there for about five days. I was 17 so I have no memory of it at all.

Actually love has some moments that haven’t aged well, but one thing has always been “creepy,” even for Keira Knightley: Andrew Lincoln’s character Mark. Knightley’s character Juliet was married to Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Peter, but his best friend Mark was secretly in love with Julia. Towards the end of the film, Mark performs one of the most romantic scenes in film history, holding up a series of cue cards in which he declares his love for Julia without any ulterior motive, just because it was Christmas, and at Christmas they tell the truth.

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“The slightly stalkerish aspect of it – me Do Remember that“, Knightley recalled of the scary Mark scene. “I remember (director) Richard (Curtis), who is now a very dear friend, filming the scene and he said, ‘No, You look at (Lincoln) like he’s scary,” and I say (in a dramatic whisper), “But it.” Is pretty scary. And then I had to do it again to correct my face so he wouldn’t look scary.

She made it clear that she found it scary at the time. “I mean, there Was A creep factor back then, right? Also, I knew I was 17. It just seems that way a few years ago that all different I realized I was 17.”

In fact, Love Actually grew in popularity over time

There are a number of popular British Christmas films that fans are dying to re-watch Actually love is among them. The film did well when it premiered in November 2023, grossing $246.3 million worldwide (via The Numbers) against a generous budget of $45 million and was the 13th highest-grossing film of the year . However, its popularity only grew over time.

Many storylines are updated when it comes to this Actually loveas well as the lack of diversity, but the main point of the film is that people are flawed and life isn’t always a romantic comedy. Except for Colin Firth’s character, who married someone he had never had a conversation with because they spoke different languages. Actually love Currently, Rotten Tomatoes has a 64% “fresh” rating from critics and a 72% rating from viewers. It is often cited as one of the most popular Christmas films by celebrities, including superhero filmmaker Zack Snyder.

Actually love is streaming on Prime Video.

Source: Los Angeles Times

director

Richard Curtis

Release date

November 14, 2003

Pour

Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Laura Linney, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Bill Nighy, Andrew Lincoln

Duration

135 minutes

budget

45 million