Hugh Grant : Favorite Hugh Grant Role?

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. He’s 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, it’s 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 Grant’s performance. (He’s also got a brilliant comic timing. There’s 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 don’t 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)

Re: Favorite Hugh Grant Role?

About a Boy for me without a doubt.

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Cloud Atlas, he was so good in that!


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I think Hugh Grant is hilarious. Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually and Bridget Jones Diary. Rumor has it that the role of Henry Higgins is between Hugh Grant and Colin Firth.

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About a Boy and Two Weeks Notice. I own both of these movies and also watch them every time they are on TV

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About a boy then Bridget Jones. I haven't seen all of his movies but without a doubt he is best in the British stuff. I don't like his American movies.

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I would have to admit that he does make me chuckle. Not many folk have the ability to make me laugh out loud. I love Four Weddings and Love Actually. ?

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About a Boy
Paddington 2
Love Actually
Four Weddings and a Funeral

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The Lair of the White Worm

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The Motorcycle Diaries. He isn't in that one.

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About A Boy. He and Nicholas Hoult were real cute together.

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Notting Hill
About a Boy
Paddington 2
Sense and Sensibility
Bridget Jones's Diary

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I typically prefer Hugh’s flawed heroes or outright bad guys - About a Boy, Bridget Jones, Paddington 2. For his ‘nicer’ roles, I do like him in Maurice and Sense & Sensibility. I’m not a fan of his romcom phase.
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