Hugh Grant is looking back at his movie career!
01.04.2023 - 02:05 / deadline.com
Everyone has regrets. But if you’re a film star like Hugh Grant, your regrets keep reappearing on TV as a reminder.
Grant is out flogging his appearance in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”, appearing on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” alongside costar Chris Pine.
Corden enticed Grant into a spirited game of “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts.” The task: name a film Grant would remove from his resume, or eat a slice of worm mayonnaise shepherd’s pie,
Grant didn’t find that task challenging, admitting he’s “specialized in being bad for decades.” He did allow that while he could take the blame for his performances, he couldn’t shred his colleagues.
That said, Grant finally tabbed The Lady and the Highwayman as a mistake. The 1988 made-for-TV film saw Grant as Lord Lucius Vyne in a swashbuckling tale.
“I’m a highway man. I’m meant to be sexy,” Grant said. Instead, the film was “Low-budget, bad wig, bad hat. I look like Deputy Dawg.
“When I’m tense, my voice goes up two octaves. Deputy Dawg would come leaping out of trees when a carriage would come past and go, ‘Stand and deliver!’”
Fans can forgive Grant that error, since his track record includes such hits as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’ Diary, 2 Weeks Notice and Love Actually, among others.
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Hugh Grant is looking back at his movie career!
The Late Late Show With James Corden,” alongside his “Dungeons & Dragons” co-star Chris Pine. “In Coney Island, New York, I was shooting a film with Sandra Bullock and at lunch time they all said, ‘Oh, well, you must have a Nathan’s hot dog.
company website.Grant also admitted that, although he stars in the movie, he’s never actually played “Dungeons & Dragons” — but not for Pine’s lack of trying to convince his costar to join in on the nearly 50-year-old role-playing game while on set. Grant previously claimed on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” that the behind-the-scenes aspect of filming is no longer as fun as is once was.“Films are so weird now.
Hugh Grant is getting candid about one career move he's not proud of. The 62-year-old British actor was a guest on Wednesday's episode of , and he played a game of «Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts» with his co-star, Chris Pine.During the game, Grant was asked to name a movie he wanted erased from his IMDB page.
The Late Late Show With James Corden on Wednesday (March 29), where he took part in the ‘Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts’ segment opposite his Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves co-star Chris Pine.During the segment where contestants have to either answer a personal question or eat questionable food placed in front of them, Grant was asked which film he would remove from his IMDb page.With the option of eating a “worm and mayonnaise shepherd’s pie”, Grant replied: “The thing is, I would happily shred my CV because I specialised in being bad for decades really.”He added: “As you know, as someone in the industry, it’s one thing for me to say that I was bad, but I can’t bring down the rest of the wonderful colleagues who worked with me on any film by saying it was bad, so that’s my dilemma.”After a slight pause, Grant said: “The Lady And The Highwayman. Mid-Eighties, film made for television.
Hugh Grant says that modern film sets are “weird” and “sad” compared to when he first started out in the business.The Notting Hill actor gave his opinion on the state of on-set life in the present day while making an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday night (March 27). The Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves star said he feels that film sets are “weird” because people don’t become as close as they used to before the invention of smart-tech.Grant told Colbert: “Films are so weird now.
Hugh Grant misses the days before cell phones.
British star Hugh Grant believes there would be more affairs and love, actually, on film sets if not for smartphones. While discussing his upcoming project "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," Grant reflected on the industry and how it has changed. "Films are so weird now," he told Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert." "You know in the old days … by the end of the second week, you were all getting drunk in the evening and having dinner and falling in love with each other, and all that." "And all that stopped ‘cause of telephones … Everyone goes home and looks at Twitter," Grant lamented.
to having “tantrums” on set during filming. Grant recently courted controversy during the Oscars after his red-carpet interview with model Ashley Graham went viral.
“Love Actually” has become a holiday favourite since its release in 2003. However, even after 20 years and cultivating a devoted fan base, star Hugh Grant says there’s still one scene of his that he doesn’t like to watch whenever it comes up.
has become a holiday favorite since its release in 2003. However, even after 20 years and cultivating a devoted fan base, star Hugh Grant says there's still one scene of his that he doesn't like to watch whenever it comes up.Grant walked the red carpet the red carpet at the premiere of his new action-adventure comedy, at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, and he spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about the beloved modern Christmas classic.When asked about any particular memory that stood out for him, Grant laughingly recalled, «Well obviously, [I remember] a lot of dread of having to do that dancing scene.
Chris Pine and Hugh Grant hit the red carpet with their co-stars for the premiere of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves held at Zoopalast on Monday night (March 20) in Berlin, Germany.
Drew Barrymore apparently doesn’t mind that Hugh Grant compared her singing voice to barking dogs.
Grant, 62, was interviewed by Graham on the Oscars red carpet, where many viewers noticed that he gave short answers back to her and seemingly rolled his eyes after it wrapped.When Graham asked the “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” actor what he was wearing, he simply replied, “My suit.”His awkward interview prompted criticism among many — including Piers Morgan.However, Barrymore, 48, had some insight to share in defense of Grant during Friday’s episode of her talk show, “The Drew Barrymore Show.”“I swear, if you know Hugh, like, that is his way of loving you,” Barrymore said during the episode. “I swear, okay, so it’s funny, too, because there’s this thing going around with him and Ashley Graham on the red carpet, and people are like, he’s such a curmudgeon and she’s so thrown.”The talk show host continued, “No, that is Hugh Grant.
Hugh Grant has at least one person in his corner amid the backlash over his awkward AF interview with Ashley Graham!
making things awkward during a red carpet interview with ABC’s pre-show host Ashley Graham.In the now-viral video, things went south when the model-actress missed his joke about the novel “Vanity Fair,” attributing the reference to the magazine of the same name’s famous Oscars after-party. He refused to appease her follow-up questions with more than a few words, answering that he was rooting for “no one in particular” and was wearing “just my suit.” Though the internet accused him of being “shady,” his friend Barrymore wrote it off as a classic Grant moment.“There’s this thing going around with him and Ashley Graham on the red carpet.
Drew Barrymore is standing by her friend Hugh Grant. After the British actor was highly criticized for his viral interview with model Ashley Graham, Barrymore is defending her "Music and Lyrics" co-star. "If you know Hugh, that is his way of loving you," Barrymore explained during her talk show, "The Drew Barrymore Show." "People are like, ‘Oh, he's such a curmudgeon and she's so thrown.’ I'm like, ‘no, that is Hugh Grant.
The View on Thursday (March 16), Grant was asked about his campaigns against the British tabloid press.“Everyone thinks, ‘Oh, well he’s just bitter because he got arrested with a hooker in 1995,’” Grant said.Co-host Whoopi Goldberg interjected: “But you know what, really, who hasn’t?”Hugh Grant on being a longtime critic of the British tabloid press: "These big newspaper owners, largely non-taxpayingnewspaper owners, are living above the law.""No one dares to take them on in Britain because they're so scared of them, especially politicians." pic.twitter.com/r22GFNZcKc— The View (@TheView) March 16, 2023The actor then continued: “But actually it had nothing to do with that because that was never uncovered by tabloids. It was that the bloody police gave everyone the information.
Drew Barrymore is sharing her opinion of Hugh Grant‘s much-talked about interview with Ashley Graham from the 2023 Oscars.
The grumpy to her sunshine. Drew Barrymore came to Hugh Grant’s defense after the actor received negative backlash for his recent interview with Ashley Graham.