Hugh Grant doesn’t think Donald Trump will be remembered for his acting skills.
During the performance on October 4 The Graham Norton Show to promote his upcoming film A hereticthe Wonka the actor, 64, joked that the former president, 78, “always wanted to be in my stuff” when referring to Trump.
“He played a small part of himself in a romantic comedy I did with Sandra Bullock,” Grant continued, referring to 2002’s Two weeks’ notice. “But the fact is, I don’t really remember him very well. The night he came, I made a bet with Sandy that I could make the president of Warner Bros. cry by 9 p.m.”
“And I was totally focused on it. That’s a pretty big bet. She didn’t believe I could do it, but I did it,” Grant recalled, adding that the president was “in tears” by 8:30 p.m.
Donald Trump (left) and Hugh Grant in ‘Two Weeks Notice’.
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“Well, I’m afraid Donald Trump hasn’t really registered,” Grant said.
When Norton, 61, asked Grant if the former president had been good to him, the actor replied, “I just remember getting a call a day or two after that saying, ‘You’ve become a member of Trump National New York,'” which Grant rejected.
“I don’t remember him much as a person,” he concluded.
IN Two weeks’ noticeTrump and Grant’s character George Wade share a scene where they briefly talk at an event about Bullock’s character Lucy Kelson. Mike Piazza and Norah Jones also appear as themselves in the rom-com.
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Although Trump was president from 2017 to 2021, he is also known for his cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. The film’s director, Chris Columbus, said Informed 2020 to be filmed at the Plaza Hotel, which was owned by Trump at the time Disciple the host needed a cameo.
“Trump said okay,” Columbus recalled. “We paid the fee, but he also said, ‘The only way you can use the Plaza is if I’m in the movie.’ ”
“We agreed to put it in the movie, and when we first showed it, the strangest thing happened: people cheered when Trump appeared on the screen,” Columbus continued. “So I said to my editor, ‘Leave it in the movie. It’s a moment for the audience.’ ”
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Donald Trump (left) and Hugh Grant in ‘Two Weeks Notice’.
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Together with Alone in the house and Two weeks’ noticeTrump also appeared Little rascals, Sex and the city, Zoolander and Nanny.
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