>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT FROM SOME
OF YOUR FAVORITE ROM-COMS AND TELEVISION SERIES LIKE "A VERY
ENGLISH SCANDAL" AND "THE UNDOING."
HE NOW STARS IN A NEW MOVIE, "DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG
"DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES."
WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," HUGH GRANT.
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THERE IT IS. HELO.
>> I LOVE YOU! >> Hugh: I LOVE YOU.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU. HELLO AND WELCOME BACK.
>> Hugh: THANK YOU, STEPHEN. NICE TO BE BACK.
>> Stephen: WE SPOKE, WE DID ONE INTERVIEW OVER COVID.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PHYSICALLY HERE SINCE 2018.
WE DID RUN INTO EACH OTHER THIS SUMMER.
DO YOU REMEMBER ME RUNNING INTO YOU?
>> Hugh: IT HAS COME BACK TO ME.
I WAS VERY DRUNK. >> Stephen: I WAS ON MY WAY.
>> Hugh: MORE THAN THAT. YOU WERE EMBARRASSING.
>> Stephen: OKAY. THAT'S WHAT EVIE SAYS, BUT GO
ON. >> Hugh: I FELT BAD BECAUSE
YOU DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE SO PREPOSTEROUSLY OUT
OF CONTEXT. >> Stephen: WE ARE IN A
RESTAURANT IN FRANCE. >> Hugh: THE MOST OBSCURE
CORNER OF THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. >> HSPEECH WITH A TINY RESTAURAT
AND EVERYONE WAS DINING ALFRESCO AND MY WIFE IS SITTING ACROSS
FROM YOU LOOKS OVER MY HEAD AS SOMEBODY WALKS INTO THE DINING
ROOM AREA AND SHE GOES, DON'T LOOK NOW.
BUT HUGH GRANT JUST WALKED IN. I WENT...
SHE GOES, AND DON'T GO OVER THERE.
AND I PICKED UP THIS HUGE TERRINE OF SOUP AND I WALKED
OVER AND YOU HAD JUST SAT DOWN AND I SAID P PARDON, MONSIEUR.
YOU'RE VERY NICE. YOU HAD THE MENU AND SAID I'M
SORRY, WHAT'S HAPPENING? AND THEN I SAID HI, HUGH.
IT'S ME, STEPHEN. AND YOU WENT, "OH, BOLLIX.
YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. ">> Stephen: IT'S ALWAYS GOOD
TO COME OVER WITH A HOT PROP. DID YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME OVER
THERE. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO PROVENCE. THEY SAY IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
THEY DIDN'T LIE. IT'S AMAZING.
>> Hugh: I AM MAD ABOUT IT. HAVE A HOUSE DOWN THERE AND IT'S
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE I AM NICE AND HAPPY IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
>> Stephen: MEANING YOU'RE NOT HAPPY TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW?
>> Hugh: NO, MISERABLE. I AM PRETTY GIRLY HAPPY, HAPPY
DOWN THERE. I AM ONE OF THOSE, THERE IS A
BREED OF MIDDLE-CLASS BRITISH PERSON WHO IS ENCHANTED BY
EVERYTHING FRENCH. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS.
I JUST LOVE IT. THEY SAY, THE BUTCHER SAYS, DO
YOU WANT THE HEAD OF THE COW? OUI, S'IL VOUS PLAIT. DO YOU&
WANT THE INTESTINES? YES, I'LL HAVE THAT.
THE LOCAL MARKET WHICH NONE OF THE LOCALS USE.
IT'S PEOPLE GETTING SOMETHING FROM THE CASH AND CARRY.
I BUY EVERYTHING. THEY RUB THEIR HANDS WHEN I
ARRIVE. >> Stephen: TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
ME, I LOVE IT. YOU HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT YOUR AMBIVALENCE ABOUT ACTING.
ACTING SEEMS TO LIKE YOU A LOT. BUT IF YOU HADN'T BEEN AN ACTOR,
WAS THE ROAD NOT TAKEN FOR HUGH GRANT?
WAS THERE A BACKUP PLAN? >> Hugh: THERE WERE THINGS I
COULD HAVE DONE. I WAS IN ADVERTISING FOR A BIT.
I WROTE RADIO COMMERCIALS AND PRODUCE THEM AND I WAS QUITE
HAPPY DOING THAT. >> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER
PRODUCT THAT YOU SOLD? >> Hugh: OH, YES.
I WROTE SOME GOOD ADS FOR MIGHTY WHITE SLICED BREAD, ALL THE
GOODNESS OF BROWN BY THE GREAT TASTE OF WHITE.
BRYLCREEM. A LITTLE DAB OF BRYLCREEM IN
YOUR HAIR GIVES YOU THE BRYLCREEM BOUNCED.
>> Stephen: YOU WROTE OUT THE WORD BOUNCE?
>> Hugh: HAD TO JAM IT IN. >> Stephen: YOU WERE EDUCATED
AT OXFORD AND THEN YOU ARE WRITING THAT HAD THE WORD BOUNCE
IN IT? >> Hugh: THAT'S WHAT THEY
TEACH YOU AT OXFORD. I MEAN, THAT'S ONE ROAD.
I HAD SO MANY JOBS BEFORE ACTING HAPPENED.
I WAS A VERY GOOD TOILET CLEANER FOR A TIME.
>> Stephen: REALLY? >> Hugh: YEAH.
I STILL QUITE LIKE TO CLEAN A TOILET.
>> Stephen: REALLY? >> Hugh: YEAH, I BECAME VERY
ACCOMPLISHED. >> Stephen: IT'S GOOD.
YOU REALLY BUFF IT. >> Hugh: YES, I DO, I LIKE TO
MAKE IT SPARKLING. I CLEANED A COUPLE OF YEARS
EARLIER. >> Stephen: WHAT AN HONOR.
THANK YOU. >> Hugh: THEY WERE IN A
TERRIBLE STATE. >> Stephen: WE SHOULD HAVE THE
MONOGRAMMED. HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT CHOOSING
ROLES THESE DAYS? WE HAVE A PHOTO HERE OF YOU AND
YOUR VERY FIRST FILM. WHAT IS THIS?
>> Hugh: YEAH. I WAS STILL AT OXFORD AND SOME
GUYS GOT TOGETHER, GOT SOME MONEY TOGETHER TO MAKE AN
AMATEUR FILM AND ASKED ME TO BE IN IT AND I SAID NO.
AND THEN I REALIZED THIS GIRL I REALLY FANCIED COLD VICTORIA
STUD WAS GOING TO BE IN IT. >> Stephen: HER NAME WAS
VICTORIA STEAD. >> Hugh: YES.
SO I SAID YES. THAT STARTED THE SLIPPERY SLOPE
INTO ACTING. STILL WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK
BREAK, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. >> Hugh: YOU FLUBBED IT AGAIN.
YOU FLUBBED IT. >> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH HUGH GRANT. STICK AROUND.