Roberts played Hollywood film star Anna Scott alongside Hugh Grant, who played bookshop seller William Thacker in the 1999 romcom

Exclusive: "Julia thought that was a very poor idea," Curtis said of where he wanted to take Roberts and Hugh Grant's storyline in a potential short film for charity.

Notting Hill writer Richard Curtis has revealed he once came up with the idea for a sequel to the hit rom-com, though Julia Roberts was less than impressed with it. As well as his hugely successful screenwriting career,

Julia Roberts had once rejected a Notting Hill sequel script; screenwriter Richard Curtis explains in detail what exactly went wrong.

A Notting Hill sequel never made it to the big screen due, in part, to Julia Roberts, according to screenwriter Richard Curtis. The writer for the beloved 1999 rom-com recently told IndieWire while promoting his new Netflix animated film,

Recently, Notting Hill writer Richard Curtis revealed that Julia Roberts rejected the idea of a classic film sequel. She said that it was a 'poor idea'. The film is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.