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Hugh Grant and Reese Witherspoon were the first candidates to play the male and female protagonists.
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Ian Joseph Somerhalder was the first person to play Jack, and he was later taken by the director.
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In the script, Peter drove a rare Porsche 356, and the producer in the film had to replace it with a Speedster356 copied by the British Chesil factory .
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Many scenes in the film were shot on-site, especially the scenes in several games were shot at the Wimbledon Tennis Open in 2003. The crew entered the venue during the intermission of each official game. This is the Wimbledon Open. It is the only time in history that a film crew is allowed to enter the venue for shooting, and all the audience watching the shooting game on the sidelines are net fans.
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Shooting started in July 2003 and took 15 weeks in total. Among them, I shot 7 weeks at Wimbledon Stadium, mainly on the center court, No. 2 and No. 3 courts, and also shot some shots at No. 6, 7 and 8.
Wimbledon behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Lizzie Bradbury: But I need you to go...
Peter Colt: No you need me to stay.
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Peter Colt: I thought you'd gone.
Lizzie Bradbury: Me too. Having a tough day?
Peter Colt: Oh you know, disastrous.
Lizzie Bradbury: Except for the fact you didn't go gooey when the ballboy got hit.
Peter Colt: Yeah. Sorry.
Lizzie Bradbury: Why are you British apologizing all the time? Don't apologize to me, I love you. Apologize to all the fans out there who are rooting for you.
Peter Colt: What did you say?
Lizzie Bradbury: I said all those people...
Peter Colt: No, before that.
Lizzie Bradbury: I said I love you.
Peter Colt: Well that's very good news. I thought I was all alone in the love department.
Lizzie Bradbury: It turns out you've got company.