Love Actually Director: Lack Of Diversity Makes Him “Feel Uncomfortable And A Bit Stupid”

Richard Curtis, Love Actually's director, told Diane Sawyer that the lack of diversity in his iconic holiday-season film makes him uneasy.

During an ABC special memorializing the film's 20th anniversary, Sawyer asked Curtis if anything from Love Actually makes him “wince” in retrospect.

“The lack of diversity makes me feel uncomfortable and a bit stupid,” he responded. “I think there are three plots that have bosses and people who work for them.”

The holiday romance follows characters and their romantic relationships through interweaving storylines. The characters are mainly white, and all the love stories feature heterosexual couples.

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“There were things you'd change but thank god society is changing,” Curtis told Sawyer. “So my film is bound, in some moments, to feel, you know, out of date.”

The movie has faced scrutiny since its release, namely over the lack of diversity Curtis mentioned, yet it has remained popular over the years, as Insider writes.

One of the star's, Emma Thompson, when asked why she thinks it has remained relevant, said “because I think that we forget, time and time again we forget, that love is all that matters.”

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