Despite being a relative unknown at the time, and appearing alongside such famous and established stars like Hugh Grant (a distant cousin on his mother's side), Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, and Colin Firth, he still stands out. While still not nearly as well known as some of his contemporaries from this film, he got where he is today because of that part.
And though you wouldn't expect it, Thomas is surprisingly professional when it comes to meeting celebrity co-stars. He bonded with Hugh, Emma, Liam, and Colin, going on to star in a few more films with a few of them, as is common in the British film industry. He also developed a friendship with Olivia Olson, who played his girlfriend in the film, and they reconnected in the past few years when they were both cast in voice roles on the Disney Channel cartoon Phineas and Ferb. While they don't get to see each other, because he records in England, and she in the U.S., she says, "I talk to him on the phone, though. We had to talk about the whole Ferb-Vanessa situation ’cause it’s pretty funny.” She is referring of course to the fact that, like their love actually characters, his character Ferb, has a crush on her character Vanessa. The writers of the show even sneak in a few references to the film, as is evident here.
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