Grant has been negging his own character in the rom-com classic virtually since it was released in 1999.
ButHugh Grantsays thatNotting Hillhas only caused him problems.
he recently toldVanity Fair.
Hugh Grant in ‘Notting Hill’.Universal/ Everett
That’s awful."
Then she shows back up, and he just lets her go again.
What’s wrong with you?'"
Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts in ‘Notting Hill’.MCA/Everett
“And I don’t really have an answer to that it’s how it was written.
And I think hes despicable, really.”
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Grant made his name on rom-coms likeFour Weddings and a FuneralandNine Months.
A lack of good material or faltering success in rom-com roles isn’t what broke his streak, however.
Grant broke it himself.
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He was “sure” that all his past rom-com relationships would by now be “all disasters.
Those films were all lies,” he toldColliderin 2020.
Psychologically scarred forever," he continued in his mischievous style.
I didnt even know how to play that person."
On that point, Grant gallantly disagrees.
