Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult have ‘About a Boy’ reunion 20 years later

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photo on X.Their impromptu get-together delighted fans and sparked demand for a second “About a Boy” installment.“Legacy sequel time…?” one fan commented. “Love this.

ABOUT A BOY was a brilliant film. Dare I say… sequel?” another X user wrote. Others commented on Hoult’s impressive career. Since appearing on the screen with Grant, he’s been in a number of hit movies, including entries in the “X-Men” series, “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “The Menu.”“If it wasn’t for your excellent coaching skills in that movie Nicholas wouldn’t have become the great adult he is today.

Well done dad,” someone replied.Another added: “You’ve both got even better with age. That guitar scene at the school talent show was absolute genius.”Hoult revealed in 2021 that he and Grant hadn’t stayed in touch after filming “About a Boy,” but he admitted to watching his co-star’s career from afar. “In my head, I’m thinking it’s a kind of Hughnaissance, or something,” he said, per The Guardian. “He had so much pressure on him [back then], and to see him free of that and just doing these wonderful dramas,” Hoult continued, adding, “I had so much fun watching him in Paddington 2, he was wonderful, and then in A Very English Scandal, and I’m about to start watching The Undoing.

I’m enjoying what he’s doing at the moment, a lot.”While he and Grant have not appeared on-screen together since, Hoult did recently team up with Collette on Clint Eastwood’s “Juror No.