During an interview on the red carpet at the 2023 Oscars, the sixty-three-year-old actress Hugh grant with his typical British aplomb, he let himself go in a series of comments about Hollywood and its peers that went viral online amid laughter and bewilderment. But again he Hugh grant!
What could we expect but mocking and half-serious contempt for the glittering world of stars in which he was still one of the main characters for at least two decades? Lately, for example, he has also stated that he hates the ending Notting Hill for various reasons his ballet is funny in Real lovewhich he defined as the contractual guillotine, and how strongly both he and Drew Barrymore V Write me a song. In short, for some he is a great brute, but for others he is amazing.
Success
What is surely amazing is this actor’s undoubtedly interesting career, which someone might make a biopic of someday, and his stellar start alongside great directors like Michael Redford, Ken Russell AND James Ivorywhich will give him a chance to win Volpi Cup as Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for the film Maurice (1987).
Then they arrive Roman Polanskiwho wants him to be among the main characters Gall moon (1992) and Mike Newellresponsible for the final start of his career in Four weddings and a funeral (1994).
Become a bit of a ’90s/2000s rom-com king with a string of hits like Nine months – Unexpected love events. (1995), together with Julianne Moorebeauty Reason and feeling (1995) with Emma Thompson AND Kate Winsletvery famous Notting Hill (1999) paired with Julia Roberts, Diary of Bridget Jones (2001) and ensemble film Real love (2003).
In the middle there is an interesting thriller with Gene Hackman, Extreme measures – solutions extreme (1996) and a comedy that perhaps best represents him and which only he could interpret: About the boy – Boy (2002).
Return
After good success Write me a song (2007), where he plays a now-forgotten ’80s pop singer who failed What happened to the Morgans? (2009), our Hugh He initially dropped off the radar for a short time, except for a few sporadic appearances on the big screen, before returning in a critically acclaimed role in Florence (2016), where he is the unfaithful but affectionate husband of the main character. Meryl Streepalso received a Golden Globe nomination.
What follows is an interesting part of the story about a somewhat mean-spirited private detective. Gentleman (2019) author Guy Ritchie and a acclaimed role in the iconic miniseries Cancellation – Unspoken Truths (2020) s Nicole Kidman.
Busy life
In his life, he did not miss a long relationship with an actress and model. Elizabeth Hurleywhom many call the most beautiful woman in the world, and a conviction for indecent acts in a public place.
Grant in fact he betrayed the above in 1995 Hurley with a prostitute Estella Marie Thompsonin art Divine Brown, be arrested with a fine of $1,180, two years of probation and, as a consequence, mandatory attendance at AIDS education programs. This was followed by a second arrest in 2007 after he hit a photographer with a can of beans.
Looking forward to seeing him again as an Oompa-Loompa in Wonka (2023) Happy birthday to one of cinema’s most beloved “scoundrels.”