From the bumbling but charming Charles in Four Weddings and a Funeral to the bookstore owner who falls for Julia Roberts’ movie star in Notting Hill, Grant brought a certain sweetness to his portrayal of characters that audiences couldn’t help but love.
But apart from his return as Daniel Cleaver in the next chapter of the Bridget Jones movie series, it’s been a long time since the Golden Globe winner went all in on rom-coms, shifting instead towards more serious roles in both film (Heretic) and television (The Undoing).
He continued, explaining that his 2009 movie with Sarah Jessica Parker, Did You Hear About the Morgans? “was a total failure.” He then said that the project’s lackluster performance (“what’s the euphemism? It didn’t find the audience it deserved.”) was “amazing.”
But the actor seemingly has a soft spot for the movies in the genre, saying “they’re hard. And with the benefit of time, I really appreciate the good ones I did. The Richard Curtis ones are really about pain. It’s something my wife spotted. She’s Swedish; they’re good on pain. She was watching Love Actually, and she said, ‘Everyone’s in pain, and the humor is all a means for dealing with pain.’ That’s what makes them sustain and not float away like a piece of fluff.”
He then spoke about the work of another rom-com writer, Marc Lawrence, who in addition to writing Grant vehicles Two Weeks Notice and Music and Lyrics, also penned Forces of Nature and Miss Congeniality.
“I just think ‘com’ is difficult. I don’t know about ‘rom.’ Rom is not easy — and you need to mean it — but com is certainly very difficult,” he said.
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