Hugh Grant Shares Blunt Thoughts About His 'Notting Hill' Character

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Hugh Grant is reflecting on Notting Hill. The 64-year-old actor sat down with Vanity Fair in a video interview, in which he watched scenes from previous movies, including 1999 romantic comedy.

During the interview, he said his character William “Will” Thacker was “despicable.” Keep reading to find out more… “Whenever I’m flicking the channels at home after a few drinks, and this comes up, I just think, ‘Why doesn’t my character have any balls?’” he reflected, taking issue with a scene that involved Will and his love interest, Julia Roberts‘ character Anna Scott, a movie star. “There’s a scene in this film where she’s in my house and the paps come to the front door and ring the bell, and I think I just let her go past me and open the door, and that’s awful,” he continued. “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. It was how it was written and I think he’s despicable, really,” he added.

He also praised his co-star: “Probably all the time with Julia, as with any brilliant actress, you’re just thinking, ‘Oh, Christ, they’re really good.