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TIL in the movie Notting Hill, Hugh Grant’s character lives “in the house with the blue door”, a real place in London’s Notting Hill District. The 280 Westbourne Park Road house is still a common stop for fans to take photos. Some even reenacting Spike’s famous scene in his underwear.

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