"I did a Christian Bale": Hugh Grant loses it on set
Hugh Grant admitted to misdirecting his anger and going off at a “nice local woman” while filming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
“I lost my temper with a woman in my eye line on day one,” Grant, 62, told Total Film magazine via Yahoo!
“I assumed she was some executive from the studio who should have known better,” he said.
“Then it turns out that she’s an extremely nice local woman who was the chaperone of the young girl.”
The British actor called his temper tantrum “terrible” and explained that his episode ended with “a lot of grovelling,” according to Page Six.
“I did a Christian Bale,” Grant teased, in reference to when Bale was caught on tape aggressively yelling at a Terminator: Salvation crew member in 2009. Later, the actor, 49, apologised profusely and called his actions “inexcusable”.
This is not Hugh Grant’s first temper tantrum, as he’s previously admitted to occasionally having a short fuse.
Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart called Grant one of the worst guests he ever had on his show, referring to the actor as “a big pain in the a**”.
Grant held himself accountable, telling Andy Cohen in 2015, “He wasn’t entirely wrong.”
“I did have a tantrum backstage. About once a year, I have a really mega-tantrum, and sadly he witnessed one. So he’s absolutely right.” He added.
Hugh Grant stars in Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves alongside Chris Pine, Justice Smith, Michelle Rodriguez, Sophia Lillis and Regé-Jean Page.
He spoke about why he was so drawn to the project, telling Collider that he liked the script was “about losers”.
“This little band of comrades, they’re all a bit crap. [Pine’s character is] not great at being a bard. And the magician, played by Justice, is really bad. What do they call magicians in Dungeons & Dragons? Sorcerer. He’s not much good,” he told the outlet.
“And Michelle’s character has been thrown out of whatever. What is she? Barbarian. And is still in love with her husband, who is in love with someone else. And I responded to that loser-ish thing about this little band.” he said.
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