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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Katie Strick

Love Actually's Richard Curtis on scripting nightmares and awkward dates: the best quotes from our interview

Love Actually almost didn't make it to the big screen it was such a disaster. He spent years dating women who were too quiet. He accidentally picked the same house to film in for both Love Actually and About Time (but can you guess where it was?).

These are just some of the most fascinating and ever-so-slightly surprising revelations rom-com king Richard Curtis tells The Standard in a very special charity episode of our new dating podcast, London Love Stories, in honour of our Winter Survival Appeal with Comic Relief.

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