The rom-com filmmaker said he feels “stupid and wrong” about certain elements of his movies.
The filmmaker didn’t resist most of the criticism.
“Wow, you were right.
Richard Curtis; ‘Love Actually’.David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images; Everett Collection
In my generation calling someone chubby [was funny] inLove Actuallythere were jokes about that.
Those jokes aren’t any longer funny.”
His daughter rebutted by noting that the character is still a tragic one.
(Spoiler alert: he does not live to see the end of the movie.)
I think I was just stupid and wrong about that.
I felt as though me, my casting director, my producers just didn’t look outwards."
Curtis' next project isThat Christmas, an animated project for which he wrote the screenplay.
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