{"id":121144,"date":"2025-10-14T09:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/121144\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:49:10","slug":"looking-for-hugh-grant-julia-roberts-returns-to-notting-hill-26-years-on-from-iconic-movie-and-shes-still-sporting-the-same-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/121144\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Hugh Grant? Julia Roberts returns to Notting Hill 26 years on from iconic movie&#8230; and she&#8217;s still sporting the same look"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-160\/joanna-crawley.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JOANNA CRAWLEY, ACTING DEPUTY SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  04:44 EDT, 14 October 2025   |  Updated:  04:48 EDT, 14 October 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">26 years ago <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/julia-roberts\/index.html\" id=\"mol-5e87abb0-a8d7-11f0-ba46-af3d82336d40\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Julia Roberts<\/a> delivered the iconic line &#8216;I&#8217;m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her&#8217; in a Notting Hill book shop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And two decades later the Hollywood star was back in her West London stomping ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The romcom icon was spotted at celebrity skin care expert Keren Bartov&#8217;s luxury clinic in the well-heeled London enclave on Wednesday evening, making sure she was looking radiant\u00a0ahead of taping The <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/graham-norton\/index.html\" id=\"mol-5e77cd30-a8d7-11f0-ba46-af3d82336d40\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Graham Norton<\/a> Show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In the movie Julia&#8217;s movie star character Anna Scott dons a hat and sunglasses in an attempt to go incognito during a browse at <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/hugh-grant\/index.html\" id=\"mol-5e7ab360-a8d7-11f0-ba46-af3d82336d40\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hugh Grant<\/a>&#8216;s travel bookshop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And Julia took inspiration from Anna&#8217;s look for her Notting Hill return last week, teaming her\u00a0camel-coloured sweater with a beanie hat and shades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Whilst Julia was back in London last week, there&#8217;s little hope of her reuniting with Hugh Grant for a movie sequel.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9b80f389e2f81647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/102967119-15189983-image-m-15_1760429920734.jpg\" height=\"583\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Julia Roberts was spotted in London's Notting Hill on Wednesday, 26 years after starring in the iconic romcom\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3fed792c96e1a771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/102967709-15189983-image-a-14_1760429915233.jpg\" height=\"583\" width=\"306\" alt=\"26 years ago Julia Roberts delivered the iconic line 'I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her' in a Notting Hill book shop\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Julia Roberts was spotted in London&#8217;s Notting Hill on Wednesday, 26 years after starring in the iconic romcom, in which she sported a very similar look (right)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last year\u00a0Notting Hill writer Richard Curtis revealed that Julia refused to take part in a sequel to the 1999 romcom because her character was supposed to get divorced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The filmmaker shared that he initially proposed a storyline where her character Anna and Hugh&#8217;s character, William Thacker were separated, but Julia was not keen on the idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I tried doing one with Notting Hill where they were going to get divorced,&#8217; Richard said. &#8216;Julia [Roberts] thought that was a very poor idea.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The revelation follows the Pretty Woman star&#8217;s admission that she was initially uncomfortable with the role, almost turning it down entirely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Julia\u00a0told Vogue in a 2024 interview that she struggled with the character, who is a hot-tempered Hollywood actress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking to Curtis, Julia said: &#8216;Honestly, one of the hardest things I&#8217;ve ever had to do was [Notting Hill], playing a movie actress. I was so uncomfortable!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I mean, we&#8217;ve talked about this so many times, but I almost didn&#8217;t take the part because it just seemed\u2014oh, it just seemed so awkward. I didn&#8217;t even know how to play that person.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her discomfort with the character went beyond the acting, as Julia also had issues with her costume.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-44b0b03f59b1acb5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/102967117-15189983-image-a-10_1760429890038.jpg\" height=\"983\" width=\"634\" alt=\"She was spotted at celebrity skin care expert Keren Bartov's clinic in the well-heeled London enclave, making sure she was looking radiant ahead of taping The Graham Norton Show\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">She was spotted at celebrity skin care expert Keren Bartov&#8217;s clinic in the well-heeled London enclave, making sure she was looking radiant ahead of taping The Graham Norton Show<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-afa5c13effb408fe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/102968161-15189983-image-a-16_1760431076158.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Last year Notting Hill writer Richard Curtis revealed that Julia refused to take part in a sequel to the 1999 romcom because her character was supposed to get divorced from Hugh Grant\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Last year Notting Hill writer Richard Curtis revealed that Julia refused to take part in a sequel to the 1999 romcom because her character was supposed to get divorced from Hugh Grant<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3328c0e58e06d911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/102968167-15189983-image-a-17_1760431080669.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Julia told Vogue in a 2024 interview that she struggled with the character, who is a hot-tempered Hollywood actress\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Julia told Vogue in a 2024 interview that she struggled with the character, who is a hot-tempered Hollywood actress<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She said that she &#8216;loathed&#8217; being dressed as a glamorous movie star and even took matters into her own hands for one key scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In the iconic moment where Anna rushes back to William and confesses, &#8216;I&#8217;m just a girl,&#8217; the mother-of-three wore her own clothes instead of the movie&#8217;s wardrobe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;My driver, lovely Tommy, I sent him back to my flat that morning,&#8217; she recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I said, &#8216;Go into my bedroom and grab this, this, and this out of my closet.&#8217; It was my own flip-flops, my cute little blue velvet skirt, a T-shirt, and my cardigan.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite these initial struggles, both Roberts and her co-star Hugh Grant received Golden Globe nominations for their performances.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Looking for Hugh Grant? 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