CNN —Plenty of people loved Hugh Grant’s character in the 1999 rom-com “Notting Hill,” but Grant is not one of them.
That’s awful.”In the film, Anna is a famous actress who falls in love with William, a Notting Hill bookseller.
That meant having to navigate her fame, including the ever present paparazzi, something Grant said his character did not do well.
Hugh Grant Rewatches Love Actually, Notting Hill, Heretic & More | Vanity Fair“I’ve never had a girlfriend, or indeed now wife, who hasn’t said, ‘Why the hell didn’t you stop her?
And I think he’s despicable, really.”Grant found fame playing romantic leading men but has been self-critical of some of his past performances.
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