10 Movies You Didn't Know Were Based On Real-Life People
2. Notting Hill
The actual inspiration for this entire article came from a recent report that Richard Curtis' Notting Hill was based on an on-off romantic relationship of Uma Thurman's back in the 1990s.
For years, Notting Hill star Hugh Grant has claimed that Curtis told him that the movie was inspired by a secret relationship of an extremely famous woman - although Grant would never reveal just who said woman was.
Recently, the Daily Mail reported that the famous woman in question was none other than Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Dangerous Liaisons favourite, Uma Thurman. If true, Notting Hill was partly inspired by a chance meeting Thurman had with a stranger in Harrods back in '94.
That stranger was William Sieghart, a friend of Richard Curtis'. After that first meeting, Sieghart and Thurman would privately meet up whenever the actress found herself in London. Well, until Uma met (and later married) Ethan Hawke.
Of course, in Notting Hill, Julia Roberts' Anna Scott is the big-name actress who strikes up an unlikely romance with Hugh Grant's Will Thacker.