Hugh Grant on Oct. 24, 2024.Photo:Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
Almost 30 years afterHugh Grant’s infamous1995 arrestfor lewd conduct in Los Angeles, the actor has some jokes to tell.
Grant appeared onstage at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, on Thursday, Oct. 24, along with hisHereticcostars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East, as well as filmmaking duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. There, as he introduced the movie at its premiere, the 64-year-old actor obliged when Woods asked him to say a few words to the crowd before the movie began playing, perThe Hollywood Reporter.
“It’s nice of AFI to have us, it’s nice of you to show up, it’s nice of these girls to be brilliant in the film, it was nice of these two weirdos to put me in it and nice of the producers to pay me so little,” Grant added before the movie played. “So, I hope you enjoy it.”
Hugh Grant on Oct. 24, 2024.Tommaso Boddi/Getty
Tommaso Boddi/Getty
Grant’s arrestsparked major news coverageback in the ’90s — so much so that heoffered a public apologyfor the incident onThe Tonight Showjust days after it happened while promoting his movieNine Months. The actor ultimately received a $1,000 fine, two years' summary probation and compulsory participation in an AIDS education program as his sentencing over the incident, according toThe Independent.
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Grantreflected on the scandalwhile speaking with PEOPLE back in 2018, saying at the time he “was just an idiot” with his decision-making. “I didn’t try to say, ‘I’ve got this psychological problem.’ I just said, ‘I did it.' ”
At the time of the incident, he was datingElizabeth Hurley; while they remained together during the scandal, they split in 2000, though theyremain friends today. “We’re like brother and sister. . . . I think it’s partly because we went from zero to somewhere together,” he told PEOPLE of Hurley in 2018. “We went through terrible years at the beginning when neither of us had any work, living in a tiny flat. It was quite bonding.”
Hugh Grant on Oct. 24, 2024.Anna Webber/Getty
Anna Webber/Getty
Hereticis in theaters everywhere Nov. 8.
source: people.com