Hugh Grant points out crucial difference between Love Actually and Boris Johnson’s spoof campaign video

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hugh Grant has pointed out a crucial difference between a famous scene in Love Actually and a spoof version of the scene re-enacted by Boris Johnson for a campaign video. In Johnson’s video, messages that appear on his placards include: “With any luck, by next year we’ll have Brexit done.” Speaking to BBC Radio 4, Grant, who played the Prime Minister in the 2003 film, was asked to comment on the spoof, suggesting it may have been paid for by Russian money. Boris Johnson releases spoof Love Actually campaign video “The one where Andrew Lincoln held up a card saying, ‘Because of Christmas, you tell the truth’,” he said. “I just wonder if the spin doctors in the Tory party thought that was a card that wouldn’t look too great in Boris Johnson’s hands.” Grant has been a vocal proponent for tactical voting in the general election, supporting both Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates that have realistic chances of winning their seats.