With only three days to go until This Morning’s Christmas Day special, the show’s main presenters decided to get viewers into the holiday spirit by recreating a famous festive film scene.
Cat Deeley, Ben Shephard, Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary have joined forces to tease the pre-recorded Christmas show, which will air on Wednesday at 10am.
And to gear up to the special episode, ITV have released a clip of the foursome recreating Andrew Lincoln’s declaration of love to Keira Knightley from 2003 Christmas classic Love Actually.
The memorable moment has become one of films most recreated and recognisable scenes over the years, seeing Andrew’s Mark show up to his best friend’s house to declare his love for his new wife Juliet – played by Keira.
The controversial clip sees him masquerade as a group of carol singers so as not to tip off her husband Peter upstairs, while he confesses his feelings silently by holding up a series of signs, including one that reads: ‘To me, you are perfect’.
They then kiss and he says: ‘Enough now, that’s enough now,’ as he leaves her to get on with married life.
With only three days to go until This Morning’s Christmas Day special, the show’s main presenters decided to get viewers into the holiday spirit by recreating a famous festive film scene
Ben Shephard, Cat Deeley, Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary (L-R) have joined forces to tease the pre-recorded Christmas show, which will air on Wednesday at 10am
And to gear up to the special episode, they released a clip of the foursome recreating Andrew Lincoln’s declaration of love to Keira Knightley from 2003 Christmas classic Love Actually (pictured)
And the This Morning gang have put their own twist on the famous scene to tease their Christmas Day special.
The clip begins with Cat and Ben sat in their dressing room and pulling apart a cracker while Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You plays in the background.
Cat dons her paper hat and cheerfully wishes Ben a ‘Merry Christmas’ before asking him: ‘Are you looking forward to the show?’
Ben takes the opportunity to quip: ‘I’ve just been having a look, it looks like a cracker’ before the duo are interrupted by a knock on the door.
Jumping up to see who it is, Cat is greeted by Alison and Hammond standing outside holding white cards and a CD player.
Just like in the original scene, Alison mimes that Cat should stay quiet and instructs her to tell Ben its carol singers, while Dermot plays softly sung rendition of Silent Night.
Alison then reveals a series of messages to her friend, which say: ‘Dermot and I love you both so much’ and ‘2024 has been the best year ever’.
However, in a comical moment, Alison accidentally includes her seasonal shopping list of milk, potatoes, carrots, Brussels sprouts and mince pies leaving both Dermot and Cat baffled.
The memorable moment has become one of films most recreated and recognisable scenes over the years, seeing Andrew’s Mark show up to his best friend’s house to declare his love for his new wife Juliet – played by Keira (pictured)
And the This Morning gang have put their own twist on the famous scene to tease their Christmas Day special
Just like in the original scene, Alison mimes that Cat should stay quiet and instructs her to tell Ben its carol singers, while Dermot plays softly sung rendition of Silent Night
However, in a comical moment, Alison accidentally includes her seasonal shopping list of milk, potatoes, carrots, Brussels sprouts and mince pies leaving both Dermot and Cat baffled
Apologising, she then reveals cards that read: ‘For now let me say, just because it’s Christmas – the four of us should present the show together!’
And in a twist ending, Ben opens the door to reveal his own card that reads: ‘Great idea! Let’s Go!’ while Cat adds out loud: ‘What he said!’
The foursome then link arms and make their way down to the studio for the festive fun-filled show, which will see sparkling showbiz and soap guests, as well as special performances.
It comes after one of the stars of the original scene in the 2003 film, branded it both ‘creepy and sweet’ as she reflected on the infamous love declaration.
On an episode of The Graham Norton Show last month, actress Keira, 39, explained that she is still bombarded with people recreating the scene to her in real life, 21 years later.
She recalled: ‘I was stuck in traffic for ages recently and a car full of builders next to me started holding up the signs like in the movie.’
Admitting her true feelings towards the gesture, Keira admitted: ‘It was creepy and sweet at the same time, much like it was in the film!’
Join Ben Shephard, Cat Deeley, Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary for This Morning’s Christmas Day special from 10am on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player
It comes after one of the stars of the original scene in the 2003 film, branded it both ‘creepy and sweet’ as she reflected on the infamous love declaration
On an episode of The Graham Norton Show last month (pictured), actress Keira, 39, explained that she is still bombarded with people recreating the scene to her in real life, 21 years later
