Laura Linney gives ‘Love, Actually’ fans a reason to rewatch her kissing scene

Laura Linney on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, photo: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS

Broadway and Hollywood star Laura Linney is known for her roles in films including The Truman Show, Mystic River, Kinsey, you can count on meand the Netflix detective series Ozark.

While the native New Yorker has received two Golden Globe Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards and been nominated for three Academy Awards and five Tony Awards, Linney is more often recognized by fans for her role as Sarah in the film’s cast 2003 romantic comedy, Love, in fact.

In the film, which takes place during winter break, Sarah falls in love with the beautiful graphic designer Karl, played by Rodrigo Santoro (Che, Westworld). The two characters end up kissing, but their evening – and any chance of a relationship – is interrupted by a phone call from Sarah’s mentally ill brother, Michael (Michael Fitzgerald).

On The Graham Norton ShowNorton spoke with Linney about how it’s become a holiday tradition that people watch Love, in fact at Christmas – and make viewers feel sorry for Linney’s character, Sarah.

Linney responded that she was aware that people missed her, but as she pointed out: “They shouldn’t…because I had the best kiss in this movie.” Hands down, hands down, I had the best kiss.

Linney revealed that at the time of filming the steamy scene, she and Santoro were both heartbroken in real life. She said they “just got dumped.” But Linney was determined that they could feel better that day, in that scene. She said: “I think there’s a softness to the scene because of that. We were both very sad.

Norton turned the audience around and said, “Let’s all watch it now!” »

Even after all his success since Love, in factlike Linney said Stéphane Colbert (below), she still doesn’t believe she “made it.”

Note: Linney’s most recent film is the 2024 coming-of-age drama. Coast of the Sun with Woody Harrelson (Cheers, natural killers) And Nicholas Parker (Dumbo, the last of us), who plays the teenage protagonist Doris.

As seen in the Hulu trailer above, while caring for her dying teenage brother and brash mother (Linney), Doris befriends an eccentric activist (Harrelson) who is protesting against one of the most important medical cases of all time.