Julia Roberts

'A very poor idea': Julia Roberts rejected Richard Curtis's proposed Notting Hill divorce sequel

While Roberts put the kibosh on Richard Curtis's proposal, Hugh Grant was happy to prove the lie of a happy ending for his 'despicable' character.

Notting Hill - year-round treat, not just Valentine's

Julia Roberts delivers a career-best performance as she falls for Hugh Grant in this enduringly lovely, warm-hearted romcom.

Man Up - Review

While Lake Bell is every bit as good as Julia Roberts, Simon Pegg is not at his best here.

Gina McKee interview

Gina McKee - she of the alabaster skin and cool demeanour - is silent on her private life and lets her acting speak for itself. But the thought of Julia Roberts' trousers, or critical acclaim, makes our elegant heroine quite flustered, as Gerard Gilbert discovers.

The second of Richard Curtis's romcoms, following Four Weddings, about bumbling good eggs and frightfully pretty girls. Hugh Grant plays a bookseller who pulls a film star (Julia Roberts) - it's amusing, in particular when Grant's character ineptly poses as a journalist from Horse & Hound at a press junket for a sci-fi movie.