Hugh Grant admitted he at all times thought Will was ‘despicable’
Hugh Grant isn’t wanting again at Notting Hill by rose-tinted glasses.
The actor, 64, just lately revisited his function as William “Will” Thacker within the beloved 1999 rom-com throughout a Self-importance Honest video interview printed November 14, and he didn’t maintain again, calling his character “despicable.”
“Whenever I’m flicking the channels at home after a few drinks, and this comes up, I just think, ‘Why doesn’t my character have any balls?’” Grant remarked, particularly pointing to a scene the place Will fails to defend Julia Roberts’ character, Anna Scott, from paparazzi.
“She’s in my house and the paps come to the front door and ring the bell, and I just let her go past me and open the door, and that’s awful,” Grant stated.
“I’ve never had a girlfriend, or indeed, now wife, who hasn’t said, ‘Why the hell didn’t you stop her? What’s wrong with you?’ And I don’t really have an answer to that.”
He added, “It was how it was written and I think he’s despicable, really.”
Nonetheless, Grant had nothing however reward for his co-star, applauding Roberts’ emotional depth. “She’s got that quality where it looks like her skin is wafer thin. You can sort of see her soul,” he stated.
Written by Richard Curtis and directed by Roger Michell, Notting Hill turned an prompt basic, incomes three Golden Globe nominations in 2000, together with nods for each Grant and Roberts. However for Grant, his bookstore proprietor character stays a sore spot — albeit one which followers proceed to adore.