Absolutely. Always love his interviews with Stephen and Graham Norton.

right. i Can't stop laughing 😭😂

That shows that his wrinkles were mainly made through smiling :) those things never lie, can’t fake a good attitude to life through surgery, your wrinkles will tell the expressions you most often pull

Winning comment

Ikr? I never feel lonely or depressed anymore …but if they shutdown the internet I would be isolated & homesick for my phone friends (I live far from everyone)

@@LollieVox But phone CALLS have always been good for connecting. Social media and texting are TERRIBLE for it, and people seem completely unaware or in total denial of it.

@@LollieVox Couldn’t you just call them?

Nope. Phones and computers and consoles and TV allowed people to want to go home and chill after work and not being pressured to stay with colleagues after work to get shitfaced :)

@@janetownleyIt depends how you use it. I've gotten some good sexdates out of social media and texting that would not have happened by phonecalls only.

Yes!

It's his unapologetic natural charm!

I liked his bubbling 'professor' character on Netflix's end of the year review shows of 2020 and 2021. It was hilarious. I don't know why Netflix didn't do one in 2022.

He looked hungover and annoyed

I would have loved it if he got his eyes done. I am not proud of this.

He was clearly having so much FUN playing that slimebag!

by far my favorite role of his

100% my favorite Hugh Grant role

Yeah, he's a proper movie star.

Agreed

I bumped into Hugh Grant once at Heathrow airport in London. Had a very brief chat with him. He was extremely polite and down to earth. Seemed like a nice guy. Don't think he's got much time for all the fakery and pretentiousness that goes with Hollywood. Away from the movie business, in my experience, he was very decent.

He just seems like someone who at this point in his life, has no time for fools or pedantry or the usual Hollywood circuit gossip guff. Like the difference between him talking to someone like Colbert here or Ali Plumb on Radio 1 is pretty stark, versus that red carpet moment at the Oscars. Actually 'talk' to him about something and he seems more than amicable, and open in conversation. Ask him pointless filler questions, and he just seems bored.

He has a wonderful nuanced, dry, self deprecating & IRONIC & very British sense of humour. I dont understand why so many people don’t get this?!

Actually, I see that as his unique, quick-witted, smart sense of humor or, with a tad of sarcasm and always the right amount of self-irony. ...Though you may also be right about his general uncomfortableness. I also think this is a bit of a clash between British and American humor because the signature sense of humor by Brits like Hugh Grant is often subtle but cheeky. In the States - or let's say - in American showbiz, it's often the opposite: A little less dark-humored but louder.

EVERYTHING was more fun, imho.

But was there lots of shagging?

@@MothGirl007I think someone’s blinded by nostalgia

Oh wow I’ve never seen this movie- was he a villain?

@@LollieVox If I told you it might ruin it. The fun part is waiting to find out! 😂

​​@@LollieVox He plays charming English father of a lovely family haha

Just checked the NPC Statblock for the character he plays, it’s freaking 20(+5)

FORGE FITZWILLIAM Medium Humanoid, Neutral Evil Armor Class 17 (Disarming Charm) Hit Points 110 (20d8 + 20) Speed 30 ft. STR 11 (+0) DEX 14 (+2) CON 13 (+1) INT 15 (+2) WIS 17 (+3) CHA 20 (+5) Saving Throws Dex +5, Int +5 Skills Acrobatics +5, Deception +11, Investigation +8, Persuasion +11, Sleight of Hand +5, Stealth +8 Senses passive Perception 13 Languages Common, Thieves’ Cant Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Disarming Charm. While Forge isn’t wearing armor, his AC includes his Charisma modifier. Double-Cross. If Forge hits a creature friendly to him with an attack roll, the attack is automatically a critical hit. Evasion. If Forge is subjected to an effect that allows him to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, he takes no damage if he succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if he fails, provided he isn’t incapacitated. Actions Multiattack. Forge makes two Dagger attacks, two Heavy Crossbow attacks, or one of each. Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage plus 24 (7d6) poison damage, and the target is poisoned until the end of its next turn. Heavy Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 100/400 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2) piercing damage plus 24 (7d6) poison damage. Hit or Miss: If the target is a creature, it has disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the start of Forge’s next turn. Bonus Actions Cunning. Forge takes the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action, or he gives himself advantage on the next attack roll he makes before the end of this turn. Reactions Uncanny Dodge. Forge halves the damage he takes from an attack that hits him. He must be able to see the attacker.

Many, many, many people enjoyed it and only like him more now because of it.

No offence, but have you been living under a rock? 😂 In which case you are in for a treat watching all his early rom-coms. Crushed so hard on him and Mark Ruffalo as a teenager 💔

He had help with the blowing part.

I think we all remember where we were when Jay Leno famously asked Hugh, "What the *hell* were you thinking?!" 🧐😳😬😏😈🔥

Stephen's comment about actors not having affairs any more 😂😂😂😂😂

Yeah I got that too, I'd really like a pint with the pair of them

I’m sure if the money was in bad guy roles when he was younger he would have chosen those parts over romcom leads.

Is it just a Marvel movie in disguise? I'm so sick of superhero movies.

@@jimsykes6843 Me too - I've pretty much given up on superhero films now, despite being a big comics fan. D&D's humour is much wittier and less signposted, and the whole thing feels like it's much shorter than its 2h14mins length. Instead of feeling like it's constantly trying to dazzle the viewer like superhero films tend to, each sequence is really nicely contained and moved the plot forward quickly. It's almost like The Princess Bride with how warm it is. I'm a 48 year old bloke but shed a tear at the end.

Yeah weird comment for Colbert to make when it's obvious they didn't base this game around 1st edition, Hugh Grant was likely right, Rogue.

Yeah, Stephen’s terminology sounded like he didn’t play past AD&D.

He‘s stated on multiple occasion that he only played 1st (and maybe 2nd) edition and then did not play for like 30 years until he did his one on one one-shot with Matt Mercer for Red Nose Day, where they even talk a bit about some of the big differences between 1st and 5th edition (which they play in that one-shot).

He was fabulous in it, and the film itself is perfection.

@@MothGirl007 that song and dance number at the End is EPIC!!

NERD😃

Is there an actual expression, farted around? Never heard of it.

I had one experience with it, & got killed by a supposed friend- so I hated the game…but I think she just ruined it for me & was curious also why people said it promoted suicide. Did it? What are your thoughts as a seasoned player?

Whippersnapper. I had to hide my boxed set from my mom, who wanted to burn them for their heretical content. ADnD was the new kid on the block when I stopped playing. 😂 In all seriousness, you are correct that there is now a 50 year history of the game, with revisions and supplements and new books galore. I don’t even recognize most of the classes that exist these days. There weren’t even Bards in my day!

@@MegasSalavatis yes its definitely a real expression!

Oooohhhh 😂 now I need someone to ask Hugh Grant about this idea

I suspect Hugh Grant is not a fan of Boris Johnson. He got a protester outside the Houses of Parliament to play the Benny Hill Theme on a boom box on the day Boris Johnson resigned. The result was conservative MPs trying to conduct interviews with Yackety Sax in the background. You can find them on You Tube.

Thief was a class of its own way back when dinosaurs roamed the planet. My first character was a Thief. "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons", before version numbers.

It's a great game to play with your friends in whichever way you all want to play.

That’s a sign he hasn’t played in quite some time. The original 1974 version had only three classes (fighter, cleric, and magic user). The 1977 Greyhawk supplement added Paladin and Thief. I don’t remember when Thief got renamed as Rogue, but originally back in the day it was the Thief class. I do prefer the term Rogue, since it gives much more flexibility and scope for players to take their characters in lots of different directions.

Matt Mercer had hosted a couple of games for Colbert for charity, they are both on KZfaq

AD&D had the Thief, the Assassin, and later introduced the Thief Acrobat as well. Steven probably would be most familiar with that version of the game as it was the version played most from the 80s into the 90s. Rogue replaced Thief as a base class name for 3rd Ed D&D I think.

Rogue seems to fit him, that or Bard. A red nose day episode of CR with Hugh Grant would be fun, and likely raise a good bit of money for a good cause. 🙂

Cerebral focus.