Favorite Hugh Grant Role?
What's your favorite Hugh Grant role? And is it different than your favorite Hugh Grant movie?
I love his performance in Four Weddings and a Funeral but probably consider Love Actually a better movie. I said this about Grant in a recent review of Four Weddings and a Funeral:
"By 2012 Hugh Grant has long become a caricature of himself. Hes moved from actor to persona and I imagine there are plenty of casting calls that go out looking for a Hugh Grant type. But in 1994 Hugh Grant was an unknown entity and Four Weddings and a Funeral was his breakout role. Before the prostitution scandal, before the ever-repetitive performances, before he was the king of rom coms, Hugh Grant was just a sort of nebbishy guy looking for love. Watching Four Weddings, its easy to see what launched Hugh Grant to superstardom. Charles is a completely self-conscious character, but there is not an ounce of self-consciousness in Grants performance. (Hes also got a brilliant comic timing. Theres a small bit near the beginning where Grant is banging his head against the wall in despair and suddenly turns to give a polite greeting as an old lady walks by. I dont know if such a small bit of physical comedy has ever made me laugh so hard)."
(You can read my full review at Rom Coms and the Real World: http://realworldromcom.blogspot.com/2012/11/review_15.html)