He is no longer Hollywood’s darling, but his subsequent choices, such as his role in Jerry Seinfeld’s directorial debut, Unfrosted, have put the spotlight on his talent
When an actor’s resume includes a role in a classic Christmas play like the “Love Actually”, along with a photo from the Los Angeles Department of Morals for “obscene behavior,” then you should look out for it. And people did just that.
Perhaps, however, the secret of his success Hugh Grant just being his ability to be himself – a somewhat grumpy but disarming guy who doesn’t always seem to enjoy the limelight.
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At times, the actor’s hair has also received more attention than his performances, even creating YouTube videos on how to achieve a similar effect.
Seeing the 63-year-old Grant means you’re guessing what his role will be, but those have become more obscure in recent years. A staunch critic of tabloid newspapers – having just reached a legal settlement with The Sun newspaper over wiretapping – his face graced their front pages in 1995…
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Although Grant has always claimed to hate acting, he hasn’t slowed down. He was last seen on “The Regime” with Kate Winslet – his co-star in “Sense and Sensibility” – and joins the cast of the film “Unfrosted”the directorial debut of comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
Grant’s penchant for playing characters in children’s movies, from Pirates and Dungeons & Dragons to the hilarious Oompa Loompa in Wonka, may have something to do with becoming a father late in life. He had his first child in his fifties and welcomed his fifth shortly before his 60th birthday. He jokingly stated: “It’s not the first time I’ve had a child. Lately I have a child every Thursday.”
After a bachelor life and famous romances, he married Swedish producer Anna Eberstein in 2018without releasing their photos.
Grant says fatherhood has changed him: “I mean it’s absolutely crazy trying to be a new father in an old man’s body and I’ve found that if you’re 60 and there’s five young kids at home you can’t even get drunk! But it’s worth it. Absolutely!”told the Daily Mail, adding that the change was for the better: “People say to me: You’ve improved as an actor in the last 10 years… Why? And sometimes I think it might be because of the kids.”
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Despite his quintessential Britishness, Grant is one of the few UK actors who has never been seriously approached for the role of James Bond. “That people actually think I can be scary with a gun in my hand is a little ridiculous,” he told Esquire.
Despite his aristocratic air, his childhood was not privileged. He grew up in the western suburbs of London, in a family he describes as poor, but kind. The actor graduated from Oxford with a degree in English literature and took up acting in his final year, starring in films “Twelfth Night” and “Privileged” (1982).
This was followed by roles in unremarkable TV movies, empty-seat plays, and a failed TV show for which he acted as both an actor and a script producer. However, while trying to put the latter forward, he received a message from James Ivory asking to see him. His initial impulse was to ignore it, and as he revealed on Marc Maroon’s WTF podcast, his response was: “I’m not interested in acting. I have my own show.” Until his brother, in whose apartment he was sleeping, reminded him that the money could come in handy.
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The movie “Four Weddings and a Funeral” (Four Weddings and a Funeral) would establish Grant as an awkward romantic lead, complete with an adorable stammer and charming tousled hair. In addition, it would earn him a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Best Actor, despite the fact that screenwriter Richard Curtis was initially unimpressed. “I auditioned in front of Mike Newell, the director, who seemed to like me quite a bit, and Richard Curtis, who seemed to want me dead. He really hated me,” the actor later revealed. Today it is impossible to imagine another actor in the role.
After the film, Hollywood approached Grant and offered him a staggering sum for his role in Nine Months (1995), opposite Julianne Moore. But, of course, it was something completely different altogether that would catapult him into the realm of stardom.
The huge hit ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ (2000) followed, but his big break was ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?’, opposite Sarah Jessica Parker, which more or less summed up his career direction at that time. time.
“Hollywood abandoned me because I made such a big mistake with that Sarah Jessica Parker movie”he admitted to the Los Angeles Times. “Whether I wanted it or not after that, the days of being a very well-paid leading man suddenly disappeared overnight. It was slightly annoying, but it freed up my life for other things.”the actor added.
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