Love Actually (2003) (2025)

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What did the cue card say in Love Actually? ›

Mark : But for now, let me say - Without hope or agenda - Just because it's Christmas - And at Christmas you tell the truth - To me, you are perfect - And my wasted heart will love you - Until you look like this. Mark : Merry Christmas.

Prime Minister : Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere.

Love Actually features a number of memorable moments, but perhaps the most iconic scene from the film involves Mark (Andrew Lincoln) turning up at Juliet's (Keira Knightley) house and professing his love for her with a series of cue cards.

On Christmas Eve, Mark confesses his love for Juliet via words cards in the style of Bob Dylan. Juliet finally acknowledges her own small attraction to Mark with a kiss. Mark then leaves Juliet with Peter, content that she's happy and ready to move on with his own life.

Marlon Brando didn't rely on script. Instead, he used to read cue cards while filming to increase his spontaneity. Here he had a little help from Robert Duvall on the set of 'The Godfather' (1972)

It's near the end of the film, where Mark (played by Andrew Lincoln) silently confesses his love to Juliet (played by Keira Knightley) outside of her home using handwritten signs and telling her "to me, you are perfect," even though she is married to his best friend, who remains inside and oblivious.

Here is an important message from your Uncle Bill. Don't buy drugs. Become a pop star, and they give you them for free! Billy Mack : I realized that Christmas is... is the time to be with the people you love.

Harry: I can't believe you still listen to Joni Mitchell. Karen: I love her. And true love lasts a lifetime. Joni Mitchell is the woman who taught your cold English wife how to feel.

We all remember the heartwarming opening scene of Love Actually - which sees families and lovers reuniting at Heathrow airport, all to a sentimental voice over from Hugh Grant about the power of love.

Love Actually has some nudity and sexual activity. For example: John and Judy perform several sex scenes, simulating sex and oral sex. They are both naked and John is told to massage Judy's breasts.

Who was paid the most in Love Actually? ›

Research by AskGamblers analysed the average salary for each job title of the Love Actually characters, to determine who would be earning the most and least money if those were their real life jobs, in 2022. Billy Mack takes the crown as the richest character, with an estimated income of £200,000 a year.

Love Actually originally featured two additional plotlines: one featuring a lesbian couple, and the other a man and woman in Africa. Neither ever made it to the final cut. It's a disappointing decision, in hindsight, and we'd love to see a new edit that put them back where they belonged.

Knightley revealed: "Yes, I know that I stay with my husband!" Before adding: "No, I have not watched the film again." This theory was backed up in 2017 when a semi-canonical short-film spin-off of Love Actually was released by Red Nose Day. The feature's events showed Juliet was still with Peter.

"[Writer/director Richard Curtis] wanted Juliet just to be a lovely, easeful, open person," Weir tells PEOPLE. "And that was absolutely Keira. She was this gorgeous creature who was just delightful and kind and open to everybody." "And also Chiwetel Ejiofor, who plays her husband — just, like, the perfect guy.

The overriding message is that the holidays are better when you spend them with the people who care about you and that's good enough for us. Some of the film's most powerful storylines involve platonic love – including Billy Mack and his manager, Daniel and his son and Sarah and her ill brother.

In 2003, Moniz got her international break when she played the role of Aurélia in the film Love Actually, among a cast that included Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, and Rodrigo Santoro. Her character only speaks Portuguese, while Firth's only speaks English.

On Christmas Eve, Juliet answers the doorbell to find Mark carrying a boombox playing a Christmas carol and large cue cards. While Peter is inside watching television, Mark shows a message of his love to Juliet through a series of cue cards.

Juliet finds out about Mark's feelings when she sees the tape of her wedding, filmed by Mark, that is exclusively closeups of her. The end result being this iconic scene where Mark admits his love for her through cue cards and Juliet kisses him, this all happening while his best friend and her husband is just upstairs.

As mentioned, Mark initially explains his edit of the wedding footage as “self-preservation,” which suggests that allowing himself to indulge in his crush on his best friend's partner in this ultimately harmless way is what has stopped him from being emotionally hurt by the unrequited love thus far. Universal.