10 Little Known Facts About Your Favourite Christmas Films
3. Many Of The Actors Had Strange Similarities To Their Characters - Love Actually
For a film that juggled so many stories from a plethora of British actor it seems only apt Love Actuallys (original title the more sensible, if off-putting, Love Actually Is All Around) entry on this list has an ensemble of facts about the various stars all tying together into one big reveal; all the actors have startling similarities with their on screen counterparts. There's some that are cool little anecdotes. In what you imagine is pretty common for child actors, Thomas Brodie-Sangster had to learn the drums alongside his character Sam for the nativity climax. And while you can imagine Kris Marshall, the weedy caterer who lucks out with the ladies in America, needed little motivation to show excitement at Colins sudden adoration, he may have enjoyed himself a little too much; he did the undressing scene for free because he had so much fun. It's not all cheery fun though. During production Liam Neeson was in the process of giving up smoking, leading to an addiction to toothpicks, which could have been a tick of the grieving Daniel had it been focused on more. Sadly, their character-actor link is much more depressing. Six years after Love Actually Neesons wife, Natasha Richardson, died following a skiing accident, which makes Neesons scenes now a rather difficult watch.
