Martine McCutcheon was the perfect casting choice to play Hugh Grant's tea lady and romantic interest in Love Actually. Although in the US she is mainly known for that one role she was on East Enders in the UK forever and even had a best selling novel and a record that went triple platinum. Yesterday she filed for bankruptcy and says she owes about $250K, most of which is owed to the tax man. At her peak she was making millions but she says that she loved to spend on nice things and her movie career never took off like she thought it would and now it is tough to find work and she is left with a closet filled with nice things, but no money.
Plumpy!!! Man, do I love Love Actually!
ReplyDeleteI think that qualifies her to play in the NFL.
ReplyDeleteEastEnders. One word.
ReplyDeleteWas she the chubby girl?
ReplyDeleteI would just like to say that Love Actually is the best movie ever made. I loved her character. I hope she'll be ok.
ReplyDelete@Topper - she was called chubby but she didn't look it to me!
ReplyDelete@Ms Cool, I concur.
ReplyDeleteeBay, girl
ReplyDeleteMy ass bleeds for her.
ReplyDeleteThat's chubby? The fuck?
ReplyDeleteHey at least she admits her irresponsibility and knows it's all her fault! Altho she is so adorable, too bad she stopped getting work. I wonder if it's because they called her chubby and she got linked with that so no one would hire her? Because she has a healthy and beautiful figure instead of looking emaciated.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen Love Actually. Is it a romantic comedy? I don't like romantic comedies.
ReplyDeleteI adore her (and def. appreciate her candor)! She's cute and NOT AT ALL CHUBBY. I wish her all the best.
ReplyDelete(PS. I love Love, Actually too. ♥)
ReplyDelete@g.strathmore: "Love Actually" is a romantic comedy that even my husband loves. Between the utter massacre of our wedding song (being changed from "Love is All Around" to "Christmas is All Around"), Alan Richman being the asshole husband of Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton's epic impersonation of Bill Clinton, Judy Davis' & Martin Freeman's "movie", etc., it's our favorite Christmas movie. Definitely worth checking out.
ReplyDeleteOh, and the gift wrapping scene with Alan Richman and Rowan Atkinson may be the funniest scene in a Christmas movie ever.
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ReplyDeleteWow we are getting the truth for once. Usually the celebrity will blame the accountant or their management team (which we all know is a piece of crock.)
ReplyDeleteI love Love Actually. It's funny how the Brits view (or viewed) all Americans as being from Texas. Billy Bob had Bill Clintons personality but Bush's twang, and the girls from Wisconsin wore tank tops, cowboy boots and cowboy hats in the dead of winter.
ReplyDelete@StewMcG, maybe I'll have to check it out. I love Judy Davis.
ReplyDeleteLove Actually is so one of my faves. And we can't forget the awesomeness that is "The Trouble With Love Is" by Kelly Clarkson. Such a good tune.
ReplyDeleteAnd the hottie who attempts to hookup with Laura Linney. OMG. I die.
The Kiera Knightly and Colin Firth storylines get me every time. I think I've seen this film about 100 times. The Hubs and I always watch during the holidays. It was one of the first films we saw while dating.
And the rocker guy is hysterical. I love him.
Slow news day, eh?
ReplyDeleteCrap! Not Judy Davis, Joanna Page. (Although, in my defense, her character introduces herself as "just Judy.")
ReplyDeleteSorry @g.strathmore.
'Rocker guy' is Bill Nighie, acting legend. He's hilarious. 'Love Actually' has one of the best scenes ever, when Emma Thompson realises that Alan Rickman is cheating on her. So subtle. Plus there's Martin Freeman as a naked stand in for a porno. The only bad actor in the film was Martine MacCucheon.
ReplyDeleteI don't know her of course, but the rumour is she didn't get work because she's a screaming diva.
g.strathmore, I hate romantic comedies, but LOVE this movie! My husband was watching this on some premium cable channel for the SECOND time and told me I would love it. Since he knows my tastes, I checked it out. A great great movie! So many wonderful people in it, and a call for love in out lives.
ReplyDeleteI love Love Actually. And she was great in it. I hope she makes more money, stat!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget Hugh Grant's epic dance scene!
ReplyDeleteCan I just echo what you guys said? My hubs is sooo picky about movies and he loves it too. Best movie ever!
ReplyDeleteI was going to comment that one of the readers that sent in a photo the last round looked very much like Martinez, but I didn't b/c I figured someone would bring up her being chubby and they might be insulted. I think she's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove Actually is one of my favorite movies. Hope she gets her finances in order.
Forgot to add that I love that January Jones is one of the Wisconsin hotties who Colin finds. Hysterical.
ReplyDeleteEmma Thompson is fabulous in it. But, she's fabulous in everything.
And my true love, Liam!
ReplyDeleteR-O-D-R-I-G-O S-A-N-T-O-R-O!!!!! Second hottest Latin actor after Raoul Bova.
ReplyDeleteThe Andrew Lincoln/Keira Knightley story line gets me every time! I love when she discovers that he loves her after watching her wedding video and then he leaves while Dido plays in the background. The scene where he holds up the cards makes me choke up.
ReplyDeleteThe last scene in the movie at the airport while God Only Knows always makes me cry.
I love this movie in its entirety. It's brilliant, the acting is awesome, it's funny and the musical score is perfection. I'll stop gushing now.
"Love Actually" is one of my fam's top movies. We love it. She's so gorgeous, esp in that red coat!
ReplyDeleteHopefully she doesn't have to declare 18 times like Toni Braxton.
Let's get pissed and watch porn!
ReplyDeleteCount me in on the "Love, Actually" love. My favorite scene is when Colin Firth asks "bonita Aurelia" to marry him. And the airport scene. And the gift-wrapping scene. And hugh Grant dancing. And his bodyguard singing. Aw hell, I love the whole damn movie, except for Keira Knightley.
ReplyDelete"Don't do drugs, kids. Become a pop star and they give you them for free."
ReplyDeleteBest. Line. Ever.
Anyone that had any part in acting/producing/directing this movie should have to serve prison time.
ReplyDeleteHugh Grant as prime minister?
"Sticking it" to the USA?
Please.
"There better not be eels in here- I can't stand eels!"
ReplyDelete"Try not to disturb the eels."
I used to watch her on "EastEnders" which runs on PBS here. She played Tiffany Mitchell, wife of bad boy Grant Mitchell. They fought a lot and Tiffany met her end after another fight in the pub. She ran out of the pub away from Grant and was run over by a car just as the New Year (1998?) began. Shortly after that she was in Love Actually, and I haven't seen her in anything else since.
ReplyDeleteI don't think anyone thinks she's chubby. She's called chubby in the movie which leads to Hugh Grant's hilarious, "would we call her chubby?" falsetto response.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Lincoln. I have a t shirt with Rick Grimes holding a sign that says To Me You Are Perfect
Ahhh well at least she's honest about overspending and not thinking things through unlike some people who blame their accountants and "people" for failing to handle their affairs properly. I wish her the best of luck with her future! She was one of my fave characters in the movie...especially when she's coming down the stairs putting on her coat and cursing...LOL!
ReplyDeleteAll right, you guys have convinced me. Into the Netflix cue it goes.
ReplyDeleteI adore Love, actually! I loved her character! It's like the normal girl getting the hot guy! But I can't pick one story as my favorite, they're all so good.
ReplyDelete@g.strathmore, I highly recommend it :)
Um, does this fit the blind of the actor who confided in an actress and she is gonna sell him out?
ReplyDeleteAnd I LOVE this film
ReplyDeleteIn my Top Five of All-Time Favorites, RomCom or Otherwise. (And I DO typically hate romcoms.) Yet I only let myself watch it at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteAh hell, maybe I'll watch it tomorrow night.
Alan. Colin. Liam. You CAN'T go wrong.
Also...
"She's called chubby in the movie which leads to Hugh Grant's hilarious, '"would we call her chubby?' falsetto response."
I say this ALL the time, but often substituting whatever word fits the occasion for "chubby." ;-)
@G Please let us know how you like it, ok?
ReplyDeleteLoved Eastenders for the first two decades ...
ReplyDeleteWell her best friend resigned from being her bridesmaid last year the week before the wedding! the hens party / bachelorette party was in paris, the wedding in Italy!
ReplyDeleteI hate this movie. It appears I'm the only one, with the exception of my husband, who calls it the "worst movie ever."
ReplyDeletei love when hugh grant calls margaret thatcher a 'saucy minx'
ReplyDeleteheehee
@Pat thanks. :-) Now all I see is the big earrings. Hahaha. I loved Martine in EastEnders. I used to watch that show on PBS. She was awesome. Oh, and count me in as a lover of the movie Love Actually. Now going to watch it again.
ReplyDeleteAfter EastEnders she was a pop star and then played the lead in My Fair Lady in the West End. She took a lot of time off during her run on the show - so much so that her understudy did more shows than she did - saying it was illness but she was frequently pictured at parties at the same time (the early Lohan!). She basically got a really bad reputation and hasn't worked properly for years.
ReplyDeleteI really like one of her albums though. The single I'm Pver You was great pop.