Overview
- Roberts recalls initially dismissing the concept as "so f---ing stupid" and "the dumbest idea of any movie I could ever do."
- After reading Richard Curtis' screenplay, she found it "so charming" and "so funny" yet still planned to pass.
- A lunch with Curtis, producer Duncan Kenworthy, and the late director Roger Michell convinced her to sign on.
- She now calls the shoot "a beautiful time," praising Mary Selway's casting and the ensemble's chemistry.
- She previously told British Vogue in 2024 that playing a movie star felt unusually difficult, and the film went on to be a 1999 box-office hit with a Golden Globe nomination for her.