The 2023 Oscars took place without any major scandals or surprises. Everything Everywhere All at Once scooped up the night’s top prizes, while Nothing New brought four trophies to streaming service Netflix. But there was one thing nobody expected: Hugh Grant.
Grant was present at the 2023 Oscars to co-present the Oscar for Best Production Design with Andie MacDowell. Before the event kicked off at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, he made headlines when he told Ashley Graham on the red carpet that most uncomfortable interview of the evening.
Hugh Grant’s bizarre Oscar performance: A drama in two acts (and with a happy ending)
The Paddington 2 villain couldn’t muster any enthusiasm for the celebratory occasion, which eventually led to a question about his appearance in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Da Grant in the Netflix crime thriller only for a few seconds can be seen, the next unpleasant moment followed.
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It took less than five minutes for the interview to go viral and the different reactions produced. Both Graham and Grant have been criticized. Graham for the thoughtless Glass Onion question, Grant for his reserved demeanor. “You don’t have to be an asshole, Hugh Grant. You really don’t have to”it says on Twitter.
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Also a treat for the meme culture: When Grant turns away from Graham at the end and rolls his eyeseverything calls for the birth of a new reaction GIF that will be used in many different ways in the future.
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At the end of the evening, Grant was still able to biggest laugh of the audience in the Dolby Theater. When he took the stage with MacDowell to finally present the Oscar for which he was selected by the Academy, it wasn’t just a beautiful Four Weddings and a Funeral reunion.
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In the introduction, Grant named his co-star “breathtaking”. For himself he had a far less charming compliment in stock “Basically [sehe ich aus wie] a scrotum”Grant admits in front of the cameras and thus recommended himself as the presenter for the Oscars 2024.
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Away from the Oscars, you can currently see Hugh Grant in Operation Fortune. In addition, he plays a central role in the fantasy blockbuster Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which March 30, 2023 starts in German cinemas.
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