Charles [played by
Hugh Grant, pictured]: “I was only trying to cheer you up, V.”
Naughty Nicki
[played by Amanda Mealing]: “Oh, you're that Veronica!”
Veronica: “Which Veronica?
Charlie?”
Charles [trying to
change the subject]: “Remember Bombay?”
Nicki: “When Charles
and I were going out, he told me he had this interesting journey around India
with Vomiting Veronica. I think that was it.”
Charles [embarrassed]:
“I don't remember ever mentioning it…. Maybe I did.”
Mocking Martha
[played by Melissa Knatchbull]: “Oh, come on, Charles! I don't
think I've ever been out with anyone less discreet.”
Charles: “Well, I think
that's probably a little bit of an exaggeration, isn't it?”
Nicki: “It is not!”
Martha: “I remember you
going on about this one girl—Helena, wasn't it? Whose mother made a pass at
you.”
Veronica: “I remember
this! You couldn't work it out whether it would be impolite not to accept her
advances!”
[laughs]
Nicki: “That's right!
Mrs. Piggy! Helena was Miss Piggy! So her mother was Mrs. Piggy!”
[all laugh]
Charles: “I - I think
perhaps, it was a— it was a...”
Miss Piggy [played
by Polly Kemp] [who's been with them the whole time, not laughing]:
“We've both lost a lot of weight since then!”— Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), screenplay by Richard Curtis,
directed by Mike Newell
This weekend, I watched this rom-com for the first
time since its original release. The passage of the years has more than
justified its Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.
What struck me the most was the way that so many supporting
characters—including those here—had their moments to shine without the viewer
losing track of the main plot thread, or simply feel overwhelmed—as occurred
when Curtis, without the sure-handed Newell in charge, had a chance to direct
his own screenplay nearly a decade later in Love, Actually.
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