In the 90s, Hugh Grant was famous not just in England but America too as the bumbling, stuttering British toff that drank tea and read newspapers by an open fire. Yes, Grant's earlier film roles hugely played up to the traditional (and stereotypical) image of the typical Englishman. Four Weddings & A Funeral, Notting Hill and Mickey Blue Eyes all perpetuated Grant's fictional image of the English gent and, like him or loathe him, he at least did it well. The Typecast-Breaking Roles: Grant's career has taken a bit of a fall in recent years. The reason(s) for his slight withdrawal from cinema today aren't entirely clear, but it shouldn't be because of his typecast image: the actor certainly proved that he was able to play varied roles. Bridget Jones' Diary, while casting Grant in a similar role to previously, did much to change preconceived notions of his acting career as he played an arrogant businessman far removed from his hopeless romantic persona seen in earlier films. But his biggest career change was seen in About A Boy; a film in which Grant plays an unemployed but wealthy recluse who's only concern is to live an easy, uninterrupted life. Living off the royalties of a relative's one hit wonder, Grant's disdain of people gradually subsides as he meets a young Nicholas Hoult and forms a friendship with him.
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