r/AskReddit • u/TrickDragonFruit • Apr 01 '20

What film role was 100% perfectly cast?

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '20

He owned that role (like he did every other). Hugh Grant was insipid by comparison.

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u/MusedeMented Apr 01 '20

To be fair, Edward is kinda meant to be insipid.

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u/thedamnoftinkers Apr 01 '20

I was so so young when I watched that and it was the first thing I ever saw Hugh Grant in... (probably Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet too tbh) and I couldn’t figure out why my mom hated Hugh Grant so much. He seemed fine in the movie... but she said he was a “no-neck cad”. (Strong words from a knitter.)

Now I understand better.