Julia Roberts as Anna Scott
Hugh Grant as William Thacker
Rhys Ifans as Spike
Hugh Bonneville as Bernie
Gina Mckee as Bella
Enna Chambers as Honey
Tim McInnerny as Max
The movie opens up by introducing a guy named William Thacker who lives in Notting Hill. He owns a small bookshop. His wife had left her for someone else and now he lives with his flatmate Spike. One day, a famous actress named Anna Scott comes to his shop to buy some books. While she was buying the book, William gets a bit nervous looking at her but nicely fulfills his job as a bookseller. She buys the books and goes from there.
One day when she was passing through a street, William too passes through the same street in the opposite direction with coffee in his hand. Mistakenly, they get crashed and William’s coffee spills over her. All her dress gets dirty and that’s why William offers her to go to his house where she can change. She feels that it is a good idea and they get into his house. William is very nervous because such a big actress has come to his house and he asks her if she would like some tea or some coffee and afterward, he asks if she would like to have some apple juice. Anna notices his nervousness too and politely denies having anything. She changes her room and leaves the place.
The next day, Anna calls William’s store and tells him that he can come to her hotel if he wants to meet her. William being happy and nervous at the same time goes there. At that time, different interviewers were taking her interview. William also tells the guard that he is a reporter and hence he gets the entrance. He gets into Anna’s place and they chat for some time. Anna tells him that although she is a start she is very simple from the inside. She is not after the name and fame but wants to live a very simple and joyous life which she can’t get. William listens to her with all his patience. William says that tomorrow is his sister’s birthday. Anna asks him if she can come as his date. William gets overwhelmed out of happiness and surprise and says why not.
The next evening, Anna comes to his sister’s birthday party as his date. This makes every individual surprised that how a star can come to a party of a normal man. They ask her different questions one after another and she replies to them with full honesty, kindness, and truth. They enjoy the party and the party ends at midnight so William goes to drop her to her hotel. On the way they pass through a beautiful park but it was closed. But Anna wanted to go there. William says that the gate is too high. But Anna gets in there jumping and then William also gets in.
They enjoy the beauty of the garden, the peace, and the fragrance of plants at midnight. They come so close that Anna kisses him. And then she says that now they should go to the hotel. But in her room, there was already a man. Anna tells him that he is his boyfriend and she asks him if he wants to stay. He feels bad and he leaves the hotel. William had started liking Anna from their first meeting. But after he got to know about his boyfriend he wants to forget her.
It has been six months since their last meeting. He has dated many girls after that but he can’t forget Anna. One day, someone knocks on his door. Surprisingly it was Anna. She asks him if she can come in. She tells him that she is sorry for that day and she didn’t know her boyfriend would come like that. Actually, he was her past lover and it was him who helped her become a start. She actually belonged to a very poor family in the past. In the meantime, William’s flatmate Spike arrives. Looking at such a big start there he gets nervous and gets confused about how to behave.
That night, Anna stays at William’s place. They talk about a lot of things, how their lives are; how a star’s life is, and how a common man’s life is. Anna tells that she wants peace in life and wants no one to interfere in her personal life. William says that he has all she wants but wants some more money in his life to make it more beautiful and easy. That night they get physically intimate.
Next morning, when William opens the door and finds a lot of reporters with acamera there. He closes the door and informs Anna. Anna brings her bodyguards there and gets out of his place. After some days, William goes to Anna’s set where her movie’s shooting was going on. Anna asks her to wait for some time till her shoot ends. While waiting, William comes to hear that when her co-star asked her who he is, she replied that he is no one. William gets so sad listening to this. He feels that Anna doesn’t love him but rather is doing time pass and he leaves the place. He feels that there is no meaning in this relationship. He gets hurt every time and he doesn’t even know whether Anna is serious about him or not.
The next day, Anna comes to his shop and gives him something that she had in her home so that he can remember her when he sees that. She also asks why he suddenly left the set yesterday. William answering her question tells that he thinks that their relationship will not go in the long run. He lives in a small place in Notting Hill and they have a very different lifestyle and he asks her to leave him. Anna asks him the reason and William replies that he didn’t like how she told her costar that he is no one. Anna replies that had she told him the reality, he would tell that to the media and her personal life would have been exposed and that’s what she never wanted. But William tells that he can’t bear getting heartbroken every single time. So Anna replies that if he thinks so then it is okay that she will leave but she tells him to understand that she is a girl too who loves someone and expects him to love her too. Telling this Anna goes from that place.
That evening, William meets his relatives and tells them everything about them. At first, relatives tell him that all the stars are like that only and he did well whatever he did. But when William told them about the last line that she told, that she is a girl who loves someone and expects him to love her too, his relatives tell him that her feelings for him seem to be real so he should not let her go. William realizes this too and hence they take him to Anna’s place where she was having a press conference. At first, the security didn’t let them in but when his sister showed an identity card of a reporter, they were let go in. William acting as a reporter asks Anna a question about the man William. She replies happily that she still loves him. William asks her if she wants to marry him. Anna replies to him with a big yes. Now the whole media makes stories that Anna is going to get married to a common man. But Anna is worried about everything because she is going to get married to the love of her life.
They get happily married and live a very beautiful subtle life. The ending scene of the movie shows that Anna is pregnant lying on the lap of William on the park bench waiting for the baby miracle to happen in their lives soon.
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