Thursday 22 September 2022 01:20 AM Omid Djalili claims he was reduced to a cameo role in rom-com Notting Hill trends now
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Notting Hill cemented Hugh Grant’s reputation as Britain’s leading man and helped property prices in the once run-down corner of West London to soar to those of Mayfair or Belgravia.
Yet, the comedian Omid Djalili has now slammed the 1999 smash-hit romantic comedy, claiming that ethnic actors’ scenes were axed — and his own role reduced — to make it ‘more white’.
Djalili, who compered the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for the Queen at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May, claims he was reduced to little more than a cameo role after originally being given more lines.
Hitting out: Omid Djalili has slammed the 1999 romantic comedy Notting Hill, claiming that ethnic actors’ scenes were axed — and own role reduced — to make it ‘more white’
He said: ‘Notting Hill, another film I was cut out of, for being too brown.
