Julia Roberts almost rejected iconic Hollywood role she initially called 'f---ing stupid'

Julia Roberts planned to turn down "Notting Hill" but changed her mind after meeting with writer Richard Curtis and the creative team, who convinced her with their charm and humor.

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"Gosh, I just remember when my agent called me about ‘Notting Hill,’ and I thought, ‘Well, that sounds like the dumbest idea of any movie I could ever do. I’m going to play the world’s biggest movie star, and I do what? And then what happens? This sounds so f---ing stupid,’" she recalled in an interview with Deadline.

"And then I read the script, and I was like, ‘Oh. This is so charming. It’s so funny. Oh, s--t.’"