Hugh Grant said he was "tense" to work with this co-star
"She was very there and I was an old grumpy Londonian."
He may have charmed millions of public members over the years, butHugh grant is convinced that some of his co-stars hate him. In 2018, the star was interviewed onPeople'sThe Jess Cagle show And asked for his opinion on some of the actors with whom he has worked over the years. And even if he did not mention having bones to choose with them, he said that some of them probably had nothing kind to say about him.
In fact, this interview led to Grant andRobert Downey Jr., his co-star in the 1995 filmRestoration,,Maganition on Twitter More than 20 years after the release of their film. (Downey actually had a problem with Grant, calling it "jerk" when the film was shot.)
With as many novels as he has played, Grant has worked with many leading women over the years. And he remembersJess Cagle That the dynamics between him and a Rom-Com co-star in particular was "tense" on the set. Read the rest to discover who he was talking about and why they rubbed in the wrong direction.
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They played together in a musical.
In 2007, Grant played in romantic comedyMusic and lyrics withDrew Barrymore. Grant plays an ex-pop star, while Barrymore plays a songwriter whom he discovers. The two fall for each other while building a working relationship.
Grant felt that Barrymore did not love him.
In the interview With Cagle, Grant said, "Drew, I think, hated me a little. But I admired it." He explained: "We were just very different human beings. She was very there, and I was an old grumpy Londonian."
The actor said he thought, however, that the tension between them on the set ended up working well for the film. "But what is funny is that it was split on the set of this film ... I think the chemistry is pretty good between us," he said. "Sometimes the tension makes a good crackling."
She is not the only co-star Grant affirms "the mistake".
In 2009, Grant wasasked to describe Some of his women co-stars for a songShe. Regarding Barrymore, he said: "made him cry. Superb star face. I hate."
According to the actor, Barrymore was not alone in his aversion to him. OfJulianne Moore, he said, "Brilliant actress. hate me." Asked to describeRachel Weisz, he said, "Clever. Beautiful. despises me."AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Grant worked with Moore in the 1995 filmNine months And with Weisz in 2002About a boy.
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He explained what happened between him and Barrymore.
Grant looked at herSheInterview during a 2016episode ofThe Graham Norton showAnd entered a little more details on these working relationships.
"Julianne really hates me," he said. "Rachel Weisz, I think we went well, I don't know why I said that. Maybe I was going for a triple comedy."
He then said of Barrymore: "She made a mistake to give me notes." Turning to his other guest andFlorence Foster Jenkins co-starMeryl Streep, He added: "How would you take this?" She joked, "I took her very well, right?"
Barrymore and Grant met recently.
In May 2021,Grant appeared via video chat in Barrymore's talk show, and they recalledMusic and lyrics. Like Grant, Barrymore also thought that they had good chemistry and noted how different their personalities were during their first meeting.
"Hugh, you can be a bit of a curmudgeon from time to time," she told her. "And me, of course, I am like a labrador in the heat. I am so excited by joy. And so when we both met, we said to ourselves:" Oh, we are a little different people . "" Grant agreed, "is absolutely true. That may be why he had a little crackling."
The former couple on the screen also revealed a time when their relationship was not strictly professional.
It was Barrymore who first mentioned a story about the way she suddenly kissed Grant after meeting her in a restaurant. "I had drunk a few glasses ... Instead of saying hello, I caught you with the pass and I fully started kissing you," she said, laughing.
"It was really weird," said Grant. "I was also very drunk, and I was with very nice studio leaders, but not drunk from the and they were very surprised. Someone said:" Oh, there is Drew Barrymore. "I get up to say hello, then we manage for 10 minutes." Barrymore added: "Well, I guess we grew up a little."
