My wife and I have been a great fan of Hugh since couple of years ago. My wife liked Hugh Grant for the first time when he starred Notting Hill (hey, we just re-watched this movie on TV this evening!). And me, I don’t remember when I liked Hugh Grant for the first time, but up to this very date, Hugh’s movie I love the most is Love Actually, the greatest drama-comedy-romance movie ever!
What I like from Hugh Grant is the perfectness with which he plays as loosers. In About A Boy, he shows a marvelous loosery (hey… can I say so? hehehe) as a son to a popular child religious song who inherits its royalty and live happily without having to bother himself finding a job. He makes friend with an also-looser boy and together they do a great thing, making the boy’s mother happy. Another looser character that Hugh plays is the one in Bridget Jones’ Diary (1st and 2nd). However, his character here is not very vital.
AND, the best looser role of Hugh Grant is in his latest movie Music and Lyrics with the marvelous Drew Barrymore (wow, a friend of mine is, I think, the greatest fan of Hugh Grant! hey you Sonny, you’re still Drew’s fan, right?. In this movie, Hugh plays a former pop boy band member who has lost his fame due to the birth of better young singers. In this movie, Hugh only sings in high school reunions attended by “almost-menopause women who used to be his fans as high school girls”, and he also sings in zoos and theme parks to entertain kids and families who mostly know nothing about him and who he used to be. However, with the help of Drew, Hugh wins his re-fame.
W ell, last but not least, I will just say that Hugh Grant, with his casual style and still-British accent, is a perfect entertainer for those who cherish happy-ending stories. And his looser characters, wow, they’re just great to make us think of who we, sometimes, are and how to do great things if we are looser.
