Topics: Hugh Grant, Celebrity, Film and TV
Hugh Grant might as well change his name to Huge Rant after he tore into some of his past projects ahead of the release of his upcoming Dungeons & Dragons movie.
The actor has had a wide range of roles in his time, from bachelor Will in About A Boy to the painfully awkward Prime Minister in Love, Actually, but through them all Grant has well and truly made himself known as a rom-com star.
He's stepped away from that genre as he takes on the role of Forge in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, but he reflected on some of his more popular projects in a recent interview in which he answered some of the most searched questions about him.
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The interview was conducted by Wired and saw Grant join his D&D co-stars Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez, who read the questions people have searched about Grant while he gave the honest answers.
One of the questions asked what book his character was reading in the 1999 movie Notting Hill, in which he stars with Julia Roberts.
Towards the end of the film, Roberts lies on Grant's lap on a park bench while he reads a book - but Grant made clear he wasn't a fan of the scene.
“In that nauseating moment on the bench at the end, I’m reading ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ by Louis de Bernières, which was going to be his next film,” Grant said. “So it’s a little in-joke from Roger Michell, God rest his soul.”
Grant later turned his attention to another of his rom-coms, the 2007 flick Music & Lyrics.
Fans had questioned whether Grant had really been singing in the movie, to which he revealed he was 'auto-tuned', but 'not as much as some'.
Grant starred with Drew Barrymore in the film, which, as you've probably guessed by the title, featured a lot of both music and lyrics.
But the actor indicated he didn't have the most pleasant time listening to his co-star, saying: “Drew Barrymore was in that film with me and I don’t think she’d mind me saying her singing is just horrendous. I’ve heard dogs bark better than she sings."
Grant did at least go on to say that once the auto-tuning gods had worked their magic, Barrymore sounded 'way better' than he did because she had 'heart and voice and rock and roll'.
Elsewhere in the interview, Grant described his last line in Love, Actually as 'unwatchable' and said he was 'unpleasant' while playing tennis, so at least his criticisms weren't only for other people.
