Hugh Grant, English charm and seduction

Hugh Grant came to present his latest film, Dungeons and Dragons, in Paris. The actor is the king of romantic comedy, and a real English sex symbol. Son of a good family, he got his first major role in 1987, in Mauritius. Success falls on him with Four weddings and a funeral. He is then in love with Julia Roberts in Love at first sight in Notting Hillthen performs a cad in Bridget Jones Diary.

A bad boy side

In Love Actually, he plays a Prime Minister who lets loose in a scene that has become cult, often imitated but never equalled. Playboy without losing his phlegm, Hugh Grant invented the British sex symbol, sexy and quirky. Character traits that have pleased Thibault de Montalembert, the French voice of the actor for 20 years. “Our voices evolve together, it’s quite funny“, he observes.

In his latest film, the actor plays a villain. His bad boy side is not new. In 1995, the American police arrested him in a car with a prostitute. Then in 2019, engaged against Brexit, he insulted Prime Minister Boris Johnson.