Fans feel that love has actually been torn apart, discussing the iconic cue card scene since the film was released in 2003.

This is the moment Andrew Lincoln's Mark has quietly professed his love for his best friend's new wife, Juliet (played by Keira Knightley) in a series of cue cards on her doorstop while her husband/his best friend is a mere foot away in the living room, looking more cute or less at home. Is Mark's serious, honest and affectionate enough to surpass all that makes the situation (including the seemingly compulsive fixation on Juliet shown by Mark's film of personal footage at her wedding) deeply uncomfortable?

Knightley thinks the answer is that it is both of them — at the same time.

The actress revealed in a recent appearance on the Graham Norton show that fans still see actual cue card moments of love with her and share particularly memorable examples involving a group of construction workers.

"I was recently stuck in traffic for ages and a car full of builders next to me started holding signs like a movie," she said, according to people.

As for how she felt about the encounter, Knightley said it was almost like a movie moment.

"It was creepy and sweet at the same time, as it was in the movie," she said.

Knightley is not the first love to be asked about the long-discussed cue card scene. In an interview with The Independent in 2023-11, the film's director, Richard Curtis, was asked to turn to the scene and admitted that he understood why some viewers felt it was a problem.

"He actually shows up at his best friend's house and tells his best friend's wife, "I love you," when she doesn't have a chance to answer the door."I think it's a little weird," Curtis admitted, before emphasizing it, when love was actually made, "I didn't think it was a stalking scene." But if it's funny or funny for different reasons, you know, God bless our progressive world."