Frau imp told me the other night she wanted to watch the Amazon Prime series 'The Undoing'. Was I interested? Why not, it's not like I'm off fucking out anywhere. Okay, but there's a problem, she said. I said it couldn't be that Robin Williams is in it, because that annoying cunt's already dead. No, she said, looking at me. Not Robin Williams. Oh fuck, I said, not Hugh fucking Grant? Not Hugh 'posh Englishman holding in a fart' Grant? Not Hugh 'my expression suggests I've just crapped myself, but it's the only expression I have' Grant?
Yes, she said. And I want you to promise me that if you watch it, you won't take the piss every time he comes on the screen with that expression on his face. Okay, I said. I'll try.
Anyway, we enjoyed the six-parter well enough. Hugh certainly wore that expression a lot. And it was frau imp who started laughing every time he did, knowing what was going through my head. But here's the thing - he was actually quite good in this role because the role required that he had to pretend to be an embarrassed Englishman who's just crapped his pants. It was part of the character's shtick/personality disorder. So, the director thought, 'Fuck, Hugh Grant's the only one available for this, we have to mould the role specially for him. We have to alter the script so that he spends most of his time fooling the audience and the jury (he's on trial for murder) into thinking he's an awkward Brit trying not to let out a wet one.' Well played.
He's still the worst fucking actor of all time, mind.
Yes, she said. And I want you to promise me that if you watch it, you won't take the piss every time he comes on the screen with that expression on his face. Okay, I said. I'll try.
Anyway, we enjoyed the six-parter well enough. Hugh certainly wore that expression a lot. And it was frau imp who started laughing every time he did, knowing what was going through my head. But here's the thing - he was actually quite good in this role because the role required that he had to pretend to be an embarrassed Englishman who's just crapped his pants. It was part of the character's shtick/personality disorder. So, the director thought, 'Fuck, Hugh Grant's the only one available for this, we have to mould the role specially for him. We have to alter the script so that he spends most of his time fooling the audience and the jury (he's on trial for murder) into thinking he's an awkward Brit trying not to let out a wet one.' Well played.
He's still the worst fucking actor of all time, mind.
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