"I can bend like a pretzel. And I'm not talking the straight kind. I'm talking the twisty kind. The bobcat, salty, type of pretzel. 'Cause that's what men want. That's what you want, the twisty, bobcat, kind of pretzel."
Sandra Bullock, "Two Weeks Notice"
I've always loved this scene (and film.)
Watch Hugh Grant try to keep up with her improv, and not break character.
He's a wealthy businessman, but not very useful or serious (his older brother orders him around a lot and really runs the show.) He loves women. Doesn't treat them badly, he's actually very good to them, but she, Sandra Bullock, is an extremely serious, moralistic, environmental, pro bono-type attorney, and she thinks they have nothing and common, and resents working for him, and pretty much his very existence.
But of course they're both actually very attracted to one another. She's upset because her boyfriend just broke up with her (from abroad; he's on a boat in the middle of nowhere, doing some animal rights thing), and since clearly upset, Hugh convinces her to come out with him for the night, so that he can cheer her up (as friends.) Then this happens, to his surprise.
She hates boats. She's wearing the life vest (even while the boat is docked) which illustrates just how buttoned-up she is. Total opposite of him. That's why this little drunken monologue of hers is so funny, because she's revealing a hidden side to her character. He's very intrigued right now, but trying to play it cool. She's coming onto him, pretending she's not.
I miss good rom-coms like this. They're out of style now. They should bring them back.
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Sandra and Hugh. She is his favourite co-star of all he has worked with over his career.
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