Used to cheesy romantic comedies. Hugh Grant has specialized for several years now in the roles of villains in the cinema. Whether in Paddington 2, Dungeons and Dragonsor even The Gentlemen, the British actor played antagonistic characters on the big screen. This will once again be the case in his next feature film, called Heretic.
This film tells the story of two young missionaries from the Mormon church in a small town in Colorado. They go door to door in the hope of converting residents. In the evening, after an unsuccessful day, they decide to knock on the door of an isolated house. It is the charming Mr Reed, played by Hugh Grant, who welcomes them there..
Hugh Grant: “I'm jetlag. Your show is going to be a disaster”
But very quickly, the young women realize that they have fallen into a trap. The house is a real labyrinth where they can only count on their ingenuity and intelligence to stay alive. As part of the promotion of this feature film, which will be released in cinemas on Wednesday November 27, 2024, Hugh Grant was on the show Quotidien Wednesday November 20, 2024 on TMC.
However, the British actor seemed quite tired when he entered Yann Barthès' set. “I'm jetlag. Your show is going to be a disaster“, he immediately warned the talk show host. During the show, the journalist particularly wanted to know why his guest mainly played “villain roles” at the cinema in recent years.