Hugh Grant complained bitterly about the experience of filming the fanfavorite scene—

the awkward prime minister dance. “Imagine you’re a grumpy 40-year-old Englishman, it’s 7 o’clock in the morning and you’re stonecold sober… it’s absolute hell.”

That airport footage at the beginning and end of the movie? It’s real. Cameras were set up at Heathrow Airport to catch friends and family reuniting for the holidays.

Remember when Colin (Kris Marshall) insults the caterer’s food? That was originally a scene for Hugh Grant’s character in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).