Hugh Grant almost died during the iconic high-speed race to a church on the set of Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Four Weddings and a Funeral is a beloved film from 1994, based on a screenplay by Richard Curtis, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this week.
Various the cast members reflected on their memories of the shootwith the director revealing a scary stunt that almost killed Hugh, 63.
The film's director, Mike Newell, revealed that for some bizarre reason the Unfrosted star was in charge of driving a car during a dangerous stunt.
“That scene on the highway, Hugh was actually driving for some reason. He shouldn't have been, but he was.
“They were inches away from reversing at full speed into a truck coming towards them.
“I suddenly saw the entire film collapse before my eyes, and what I had done was engineer the death of the protagonist on the highway,” the director said. The guard.
Newell was of course referring to the film's first scene, in which only the F-word is uttered by housemates Scarlett (Charlotte Coleman) and Charles (Hugh) as they wake up late and stumble around their London flat getting ready and high- rush to a wedding they're going to be late for.
When Charles' car won't start, the pair jump into a red Mini that “only goes 40 miles per hour” and hit the gas as they speed down the highway.
The pair then nearly missed an exit, causing Charles to reverse onto the highway – narrowly avoiding a collision with an oncoming truck – and make the turn.
Normally this stunt would have been performed by a professional driver rather than the lead actor who would not have been trained for this type of performance.
The Notting Hill actor has performed his own stunts before, but less dangerously.
In Bridget Jones' Diary, Hugh didn't perform the stunt in which he fell through a glass window during a fight with Colin Firth – but he did choreograph the weak, hilarious fight that led to the window scene.
A stuntman revealed: 'It was choreographed by the stunt department, but [Colin and Hugh] put it together and it was their slant – their acting ability made it look as funny and not awkward as it should have been.
“The stunt coordinator could have staged a fight with high octane, big throws, big punches and aggressive attacks, but that wouldn't have worked for the film. It would have seemed wrong, it would have been wrong.
“They're servants, they don't throw punches, they slap each other and say, 'Ow, ow, that hurts!' And charging someone through a window is probably what they would have done.”
It was recently announced that Hugh would return Bridget Jones4, as the actor had high expectations narrate Entertainment tonight: 'This script for the fourth Bridget is the best of the four. And actually one of the best scripts I've read in a long time.'
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