He forgets that the time slot for their next rendezvous falls into his sister's birthday party. When Roberts comes as his date, all jaws drop, all tongues start to stutter. It's a cold man who couldn't fall in love with Julia Roberts. Well, he is cute and smart, but the main thing she notices as Grant joins his family at the dinner table is that he's a genuine article. Sure, he knows who she is, but he's grounded in the real world, unlike her oafish Hollywood boyfriend, the stubbly brat-packer who bungles into London and begins to spoil a fine romance.
Stardom has a high cost.
It's no fun living in a fishbowl lit by the flashing cameras of the paparazzi and surrounded by jackals. Roberts has been wounded. She finds it hard to open herself to Grant, to trust him.