Hugh Grant thinks his character in ‘Notting Hill’ is ‘despicable’ and doesn’t ‘have any balls’
Hugh Grant has a lot of thoughts about his Notting Hill character, William Thacker — and not all of them are good.
Julia Roberts stars alongside Grant in the romcom classic, which follows the love story between famous actress Anna Scott and Notting Hill bookstore owner William . The public nature of Anna’s career complicates their budding relationship, and in true rom com fashion hilarity ensues. Grant discussed the tension between the two characters when looking back at one moment in the flick specifically.
“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,” Grant admitted. “It’s how it was written. And I think he’s despicable, really.”“All the time with Julia, as with any brilliant actress, you're just thinking, ‘Oh Christ, they're really good. I'm not gonna be as good as her,’” the actor recalled.
“One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do was your movie , playing a movie actress. I was so uncomfortable!” she told Curtis for a British Vogue interview in January. “I mean, we’ve talked about this so many times, but I almost didn’t take the part because it just seemed — oh, it just seemed so awkward. I didn’t even know how to play that person.”
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