Love Actually star Thomas Brodie-Sangster has been spotted filming at the iconic bench from the film.
The actor - now 35 - was spotted at one of the movie’s most memorable locations at Gabriel’s Wharf, London while filming a campaign for Google Pixel.
Brodie-Sangster was 12 when he starred in the film, and, on the bench, told his dad (Liam Neeson) about the girl he has a crush on.
It’s not the first time he has visited the bench, as back in 2017 he filmed a Red Nose Day sketch with Neeson.
Speaking to The Standard in 2021, the actor says he still gets recognised for his role in the film all the time - especially around Christmas.
Even when he’s riding a motorbike, Brodie-Sangster says he still gets spotted.
“I ride a motorbike and I had a kind of semi-balaclava on, I also had a full face helmet, with a visor,” he said.
“And I was at the lights and this cyclist just looked over and said ‘Oh yeah, you’re in Love Actually aren’t you? I just watched that...’ I have no idea how [he recognised me], but it was quite impressive.”
Since starring in Love Actually, Brodie-Sangster has gone on to star in huge TV shows like Game of Thrones, Wolf Hall and Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit.
When he was a teenager, he also played a young Paul McCartney in Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy.
Reflecting, the star says working as an actor while he was growing up was sometimes bizarre.
“It can be very strange, especially as a child… It’s a bit odd to go off and get loads of time off school to go and pretend to be other people,” he said.
“And you’re being paid when your friends are just getting pocket money. Then you go back to school, try and be normal again, but you’re kind of not normal - you’re doing something that’s really weird, but also really exciting.
“It does alienate you slightly. It’s a little odd. But I quite liked it and managed to survive it. Not everyone does.”
He thinks his industry experience at a young age has helped him though.
“I’m still hungry for it, but I just know how the whole process works, whether it’s a small thing, a BBC thing, a big Hollywood thing…” he said.
“I am a little bit more blasé about it - in a good way, I think.”
