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It might be a full two decades since the much-loved festive rom-com was released, but Richard Curtis ’s all-star movie is as popular today as it was when it first hit cinemas.
7. Olivia Olsen – who sang All I Want For Christmas Is You – turned down multiple record deal offers after the film was released“I could have been some child star and had a total breakdown by the age I am now,” she said. “I might have been a has-been by now instead of still trying to build up my career.” Olivia was last seen on Celebrity X Factor but was the first star to be voted off....but there’s a bit more to this story.
22. The production team spent 45 minutes deciding what colour underwear Aurelia would wear for the lake scene.23. Eurovision superfans might recognise Lucia from somewhere else Afterwards Hugh told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I did notice that one of the cards from the original film that he didn’t hold up was the one where Andrew Lincoln held up a card saying ’Because at Christmas, you tell the truth. I just wonder if the spin doctors in the Tory party thought that was a card that wouldn’t look too great in Boris Johnson’s hands.”“I’ve not seen all of it from beginning to end because I’m so busy,” Boris said.
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