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Richard Curtis has revealed he didn't want Hugh Grant to be in Four Weddings and a Funeral - 30 years after the film became a massive hit.
Three decades after the movie's premiere, the screenwriter said British actor Grant, then 32, was too 'glamorous' for the character he had in mind - instead wanting stars such as Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, or John Gordon Sinclair to play the leading part of Charles.
Meanwhile, the film's producer Duncan Kenworthy has claimed Liz Hurly's iconic safety pin dress at the UK premiere event was a leading factor in the film becoming so big - after the daring outfit appeared on the front page of newspapers for a week.
Hurly was in a long-term relationship with actor Grant at the time, getting together in 1987 and calling it quits in the year 2000.
Speaking to The Times, Curtis revealed his reasoning behind not desiring Grant for the starring role of the comedy-romance film. 'I argued hard against Hugh Grant. I had in my mind a less glamorous person because I'm a very unglamorous person,' he said.
Liz Curtis and Hugh Grant at the UK premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994
Huge movie hit Four Weddings and a Funeral came out 30 years ago in May 1994
Hugh Grant and Andie Macdowell starring in Four Weddings and a Funeral
The screenwriter said the team interviewed around 70 people for the role, but found it difficult to find someone with the 'charm and wit' needed to make the part work.
'Hugh had it instantly. He gives the impression of being feckless and that he can't act, but he worked so hard on every line,' he said.
At the age of 32, Grant had claimed to be on the brink of quitting the acting profession, but was pleased by the script of Four
