"Four weddings and a funeral" gathered during the 2019 Red Nose Day

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18:53 PDT 23/05/2019

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Trilby Beresford
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Katie Kilkenny

The sequel to the 1994 film, "A Red-nosed Day and a Wedding", features cast members Hugh Grant, Andie McDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas and Rowan Atkinson.

A few months before Hulu debuts in his miniseries Four weddings and a funeral, the actors of the beloved romantic comedy of 1994 came together to offer a "mini-sequel" to NBC's annual Red Nose Day fundraiser.

Hugh Grant, Andie McDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas and Rowan Atkinson, as well as actresses Lily James and Alicia Vikander and singer Sam Smith completed the "mini-sequel", titled A red nose day and a wedding. Richard Curtis, the author of the original film and one of the co-founders of Red Nose Day, wrote the skit.

During the sketch, the characters of James and Vikander are married and the original character of the original film, Father Gerald, officiating.

"Very red on the lip," said James after seeing Vikander in a tuxedo. "It's the day of the red nose," Vikander joked.

"The husband and wife were the only people to know the grace of God, but now it is often a woman and a woman, as it is the case. for them, "says Atkinson's father, Gerald.

While exchanging wishes, James and Vikander both remember having developed feelings after being held hands and kissing each other.

"One day you kissed me and my life changed," James said, while Vikander mocked his mother. "We spent 10 years together in the same school uniform and one day I held your hand and something changed.All I can say is that God be praised, we We were not related like all of my mom's friends. "

After the wedding ends, Grant's Charles asks Carrie McDowell: "I should have asked you to marry me." Why did not I do it?

As part of 2019 Red Nose Day, Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, Josh Groban, Sting and John Legend presented Saturday Night LiveMichael Che, Colin Jost and Kate McKinnon; a little by the comedian Lilly Singh; and appearances by Juila Roberts, Connie Britton, Terry Crews, Carey Mulligan, Ben Stiller, Saiorse Ronan and more.

Comic Relief, USA, a nonprofit, organizes the annual fundraiser that began in the United States in 2015 with the goal of ending child poverty. The US organization has collected $ 150 million so far.