'Four Weddings' gets a reboot, without the floppy-haired British guy

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'Four Weddings' gets a reboot, without the floppy-haired British guy

By Jill Serjeant

 

Co-Creator and Executive Producer Mindy Kaling (L) speaks next to cast members Nathalie Emmanuel and Nikesh Patel during a panel for the Hulu television series "Four Weddings and a Funeral" during the Summer TCA (Television Critics Association) Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., July 26, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Imagine "Four Weddings and a Funeral" without Hugh Grant?

 

That was the challenge for the makers of a new TV series that puts a 21st-century twist on the 1994 British romantic comedy that made the fumbling, quintessentially English Grant an international star.

 

So they decided to centre the 10-episode series for Hulu on American characters with British connections and chose a multiracial cast.

 

"One thing I didn't want to do was have a floppy-haired British guy," series co-creator Mindy Kaling said, referring to Grant.

 

"There are other ways of being really sexy," Kaling told reporters on Friday at a Television Critics Association meeting.

The TV series, also called "Four Weddings and a Funeral" will launch on Hulu on July 31.

 

Kaling, best known as a co-star and a writer on the U.S. version of "The Office," said that re-imagining the beloved British film was daunting.

 

"It's terrifying, because we all love the movie so much," said Kaling, also known for creating and starring in "The Mindy Project."

 

Then the idea for a number of "gentle subversions" came to her, including depicting "a love story between an African-American woman and a British-Pakistani guy."

 

In addition, she said she had never seen a film "where a British-Pakistani and an African-American are best friends at work - and they work in finance," she added.

 

"The fact that the characters do not seem to have these racial boundaries. ... was really refreshing," said Kaling, an American of South Asian heritage.

 

The "Four Weddings and a Funeral" movie followed the ups and downs of an all-white group of close British friends as they search for, miss out on, and lose love. It brought Grant a Golden Globe and launched a series of romantic comedies written by Richard Curtis.

 

The Hulu TV series was shot in London with the cooperation of Curtis. It also incorporates nods to famous scenes from other Curtis movies, including "Love Actually" and "Notting Hill," both of which starred Grant.

 

Andie MacDowell, who starred in the original film, also makes an appearance in the Hulu series - this time as the overbearing Texan mother of one of the posh British women.

 

"We just wanted to fill the show with Curtis film moments," said Tracey Wigfield, one of the executive producers.

 

(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-07-27

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[Geoffggi]

One film to avoid

[hansnl]

9 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

One film to avoid

Another pc thing!

Awful.

[faraday]

Yup, this'll be a load of nonsense; no doubt with some 'different genders' involved to keep it all nice & pc.

 

Oh, nearly forgot.... couple of Vegans in it too.

 

 

Edited July 28, 2019 by faraday

[Chelseafan]

So it's a rehash of FWAAF except there's no weddings, no funeral, no subtle British humour, no British eccentricity, none of Curtis excellent scripting, In fact the only thing that it has in common is the title. Doomed from the start.

 

 

 

[ivor bigun]

Multicultural cast,? So glad i read that.now i can give it a miss.

Bet the wedding is two men or two women getting married.

 

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