Martin Freeman: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked

4. Love Actually (2003)

Love it or hate it, and you're probably mad not to hate it, Love Actually does have a few great things going for it. Bill Nighy and erm, that bit where someone kills Hugh Grant (I might have dreamed that). If you've ever seen this film on a plane, like I first did, you won't have rated Martin Freeman's performance as it was completed deleted from all airline versions. Playing John, a body double appearing in the sex scenes for a movie, Freeman is mainly naked in his role and is required to get squeaking sounds out of Joanne Page (not tricky, considering how she sounds in most other things). Again, there's a lovely sense of vulnerability to a bloke who's effectively just a love machine for hire, and the scenes far from the fornication - where he just can't express his love for his co-star - are beautifully played. It's just a shame the rest of it is a pile of tosh (the wife's gonna kill me for saying that...)
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I'm a Westcountry exile now living in Yorkshire with lovely wife and cats (also lovely). I'm a big fan of films, robots, timetravel, and films about timetravelling robots, as well as lots of other action, sci-fi and comedy. I'm currently trying to write a sitcom that doesn't involve robots, and I also blog nonsense on timolsky.blogspot.com. Thanks for taking the time to read my stuff, and feel free to comment.