The film is inspired by a true story

Hugh Grant revealed that the movie's writer Richard Curtis told him his script was inspired by a true story.

He said: "This is a story he won't admit to, but he's told me in a drunken moment. A friend of his, an ordinary, normal guy, was in Harrods one day and met a very famous woman and ended up taking her back to his flat in Notting Hill — and all kinds of nonsense ensued. And they used to meet up, whenever she came to London their affair would reactivate itself - and that was the genesis of his script. But he's so scared of people finding out who this very famous person was that he won't tell anyone that story."