Richard Curtis Regrets Jokes & Lack Of Diversity In Films Like 'Love Actually,' 'Notting Hill' & 'Bridget Jones's Diary'

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Richard Curtis is looking back at his early films like Bridget Jones’s Diary, Notting Hill and Love Actually and regretting he was not “ahead of the curve” in terms of the jokes a…

Richard Curtis is looking back at his early films like Bridget Jones’s Diary, Notting Hill and Love Actually and regretting he was not “ahead of the curve” in terms

of the jokes and portrayal of women. At the The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, his daughter Scarlett interviewed him where she questioned him

 

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