Richard Curtis, the British filmmaker behind Love Actually and Four Weddings and a Funeral, was recently honored with a Governor’s Award, a prestigious trophy awarded by the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences.

Exclusive: "Julia thought that was a very poor idea," Curtis said of where he wanted to take Roberts and Hugh Grant's storyline in a potential short film for charity.

A Notting Hill sequel never made it to the big screen due, in part, to Julia Roberts, according to screenwriter Richard Curtis. The writer for the beloved 1999 rom-com recently told IndieWire while promoting his new Netflix animated film,

Roberts played Hollywood film star Anna Scott alongside Hugh Grant, who played bookshop seller William Thacker in the 1999 romcom

Notting Hill screenwriter Richard Curtis has, in the past, reunited the cast of Love Actually for short British TV films to benefit the annual Red Nose Day charity. But nothing with Notting, and not for lack of trying.

Although Curtis had wanted to revisit Notting Hill in its own mini sequel, the film's star, Julia Roberts, apparently vetoed the idea. Notting Hill, of course, follows the unlikel

Notting Hill writer Richard Curtis once floated an idea for a sequel to the beloved romance. In an interview with IndieWire published Wednesday, Nov. 27, the screenwriter, 68, revealed that Julia Roberts turned down his concept for doing a reunion follow-up to the 1999 movie due to the plot.