Bill Nighy thinks his Love Actually quote will one day be at the top of his obituary

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11 Nov 2022, 17:22

Actor Bill Nighy has a lot of love for Love Actually. The star said he will ‘never get bored’ of talking about the 2003 romcom and has predicted that his famous quote will one day be at the top of his obituary.

In the 2003 Richard Curtis movie he played hedonistic rocker Billy Mack and he never wants to shake off the infamous character.

Appearing on ITV’s This Morning, Nighy spoke about a scene in the much-loved movie where he suggests: “Hiya kids. Here is an important message from your Uncle Bill. Don’t buy drugs. Become a pop star, and they give you them for free!”

He told hosts Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond: "If I get an obituary, that will be on it. Kids used to run after me in my district, shouting that line.”

He said about the iconic rom-com: “It was a big and important thing for me and changed the way I went to work. I’ll never get bored talking about it.

“People have used it for all sorts of purposes to get through dark times… there’s nowhere in the world where people don’t watch it on a regular basis, every Christmas.”

Currently starring in new movie, Living, Nighy previously said he didn't need to 'method act' in Love Actually. He explained: “If you’re in the company of anybody who suggests that an actor has to feel everything that they portray, then you’re talking to somebody who’s basically an amateur.

“Often it’s a way to punish actors. I think drama teachers do it sometimes to control students. To just stand there and say, ‘You’re not feeling it.’

“How do you know I’m not feeling it? What am I supposed to be feeling? You don’t have to have been bereaved in order to act somebody who’s bereaved – otherwise, well, how would we proceed? Y’know, acting is acting.”