<Li> The casting of Bonneville, McInnerny, McKee, Chambers, and Ifans as Will's friends was "rather like assembling a family". Michell explained that "When you are casting a cabal of friends, you have to cast a balance of qualities, of types and of sensibilities . They were the jigsaw that had to be put together all in one go, and I think we've got a very good variety of people who can realistically still live in the same world ." </Li> <Li> Sanjeev Bhaskar has a cameo role as a loud and offensive restaurant patron (who refers to Meg Ryan as the actress who has an orgasm every time she's taken out for a cup of coffee) in the restaurant Anna and Will visit . </Li> <Li> Alec Baldwin makes an uncredited appearance as Anna's boyfriend, Jeff King . </Li> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "I would sometimes wonder what it would be like if I just turned up at my friends' house, where I used to have dinner once a week, with the most famous person at that time, be it Madonna or whomever . It all sprang from there . How would my friends react? Who would try and be cool? How would you get through dinner? What would they say to you afterwards?" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--Richard Curtis </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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