Hugh Grant has a bone to choose together with his Notting Hill character, William ‘Will’ Thacker. The actor, who revisited clips of a few of his hottest films throughout a Self-importance Truthful video interview printed on November 14, known as his character within the 1999 romantic comedy “despicable” for the next motive:
“Every time I’m flicking by channels at residence after a number of drinks and this comes up, I simply suppose, ‘Why doesn’t my character have any balls?’” Grant mentioned within the interview, earlier than criticizing a selected scene involving his character and his love curiosity, Anna Scott, performed by Julia Roberts.
“There’s a scene on this movie the place she’s in my home, and the paps come to the entrance door and ring the bell, and I feel I simply let her go previous me and open the door, and that’s terrible,” he added.
Grant revealed that every one his girlfriends, together with his spouse, had probed him in regards to the scene, asking why he didn’t cease Roberts’ character from going through the fierce paparazzi cameras alone. All he may say in response was that it was written that method. “I feel he’s despicable, actually,” he mirrored on his character.
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Within the interview, Grant additionally praised Julia Roberts’ performing expertise, calling her nice at emoting.
Written by Richard Curtis, who later reunited with Grant in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) and Love Really (2003), Notting Hill follows the romance between Grant’s bookstore proprietor and Roberts’s well-known American actress. The film, which was nominated for 3 Golden Globe Awards in 2000, together with particular person nods for each lead stars, is thought to be top-of-the-line rom-coms of all time.
Grant just lately starred in Heretic, his first enterprise into horror. Within the flick, he performs a withdrawn Englishman who threatens the lives of two missionaries after they go to his residence. When requested about gravitating extra towards villainous characters just lately on the 2024 TIFF, the actor, 64, humorously supplied that, due to his declining age and thus magnificence, he isn’t being requested to play the main man anymore.
Whereas Grant has achieved some applause-worthy work as both villains or not less than characters of questionable ethical standing these days, he hasn’t absolutely moved on from the romantic-comedy style, as he’s set to reprise his position as Daniel Cleaver in an upcoming Bridget Jones film, due for launch subsequent 12 months.
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