Hugh Grant Apparently Regrets All Of His Iconic Rom-Com Roles And I Am Distraught

How could anyone regret Two Weeks Notice?

This is Hugh Grant. Certified silver fox and leading man in all of our fave romantic comedies growing up.

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Three words: About A Boy.

Well recently, on an episode of Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter, Hugh said that every decision he's made in regard to his success "was probably wrong."

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Come again?

You heard that correctly — Hugh Grant wishes he did "different stuff" after the success of Four Weddings and a Funeral back in 1994.

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"I should've made interesting decisions," Grant said. "And done different stuff. Instead, I repeated myself almost identically about 17 times in a row."

Hugh is referring to the many romantic comedies he starred in after Four Weddings, including: Bridges Jones's Diary, Two Weeks Notice, Nine Months, and, my personal favorite, Notting Hill.

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This pains me on a lot of levels.

As someone who grew up falling in love with Hugh Grant, film after film, this statement was upsetting to me. But Hugh had his reasons:

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Hugh apparently developed an "inferiority complex" for being known as as "just the guy from romantic comedies." When asked about this, Hugh admitted that it was true, it was something he developed, but has since grown out of it a bit since he's now "too old, ugly, and fat" to play the leading rom-com man. I disagree, but to each their own.

Hugh then further explains that he can't be that mad that he took all those roles, because it did lead him to success.

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"I was being paid tons of money," said Grant. "I was very lucky...I am a big believer that our job is to entertain. It's not to practice some weird, quasi-religious experience. I see us as craftsmen..."

But, overall, he wishes he did things differently.

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On a level, I understand what Hugh is saying, I do. But I can't help but be upset that, if given the chance, he would not take the roles in the iconic films that so many of us hold dear in our hearts.

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Luckily for us, time machines don't exist, so we don't ever have to wonder what it's like living in a world where Hugh Grant doesn't play Daniel Cleaver.

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