Does Hugh Grant significantly hate appearing or is he simply British?

That's what the BAFTA winner's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves costar Justice Smith continues to be making an attempt to determine.

Throughout a go to to Kyle MacLachlan's What Are We Even Doing? podcast, the Twin Peaks alum requested Smith if he acquired together with Grant throughout filming. "I did. Oh, I really like Hugh," the actor replied, earlier than sharing an attention-grabbing confession from the Notting Hill star that he's nonetheless unsure what to make of.

"Once I labored with him, I used to be like, 'Hugh, you understand, do you continue to love what you do? Do you continue to love this?'" the actor recalled. "And he was similar to, 'No.' He stated, 'I've by no means cherished it.' He's like, 'I simply wished to be well-known and make some huge cash.' And I stated, 'Actually?' He stated, 'Yeah.'"

He continued, "He’s so humorous. And he's like, 'I've all the time hated the appearing a part of it.' And I used to be like, 'Oh.' However he stated it with such sincerity."

The Now You See Me: Now You Don't star stated the trade with Grant caught with him a lot he even introduced it as much as costar Rosamund Pike whereas on set of the heist movie to get the take of a fellow Brit.

"She's like, 'No, I'm fairly positive he's simply British.' I'm like, 'Are you positive?' I feel 'trigger it caught with me. I used to be like, 'Oh, I assume you generally is a actually good actor and simply wish to like simply do it for the celebrity and cash.'"

MacLachlan supplied his personal perspective.

"Right here's the factor about Hugh that I feel I 'trigger I acquired a vibe about him," he shared. "I've identified Hugh for a very long time, and he has the identical spiel that he does. I feel the factor that’s so difficult for him is that he's such a perfectionist, and he takes it so significantly."

Smith chimed in that he additionally observed that in regards to the Bridget Jones actor.

MacLachlan continued, "It's like every thing, he needs it to be excellent. You recognize, he's acquired, I feel, management points, however I really feel prefer it's the torture of that have versus type of letting all of it go and simply, you understand, doing what he does. However I acquired to consider that he finds pleasure in it."

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That appeared to provide the I Noticed the TV Glow star some aid.

"I might hope that he was joking, but additionally that British humor is so dry and like typically onerous to permeate that I don't know 'trigger he was so honest," Smith stated. "Then I watch him…he does the work, he places a variety of effort into what he does. We had been engaged on a foolish comedy collectively, and you can inform he actually cares about it."

The Intercourse and the Metropolis alum stated he thought that was simply Grant's biggest appearing trick of all: "He's such an excellent actor, he'll make you consider that he doesn't."

Watch Smith and MacLachlan's full dialog above.

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