- Hugh Grant,Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1993. Or what the US distributor Gramacy wanted to call it: Rolling In The Aisles. Or Loitering In Sacred Places. Or The Best Man”It felt like we auditioned every young man between 18-32 in England,”producer Duncan Kenworthy told Deadline Hollywood’s 25 years later special. “Initially, we weren’t convinced by anyone.” Alex Jennings was in the running in 1992. Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman a year later. Director Mike Newell, scenarist Richard Curtis and Kenworthy voted – “two to one in Hugh’s favor.” . Curtis voted against because Grant was too good looking and maye viewed as too posh. “Hugh did a perfect audition and thank God we went for him.” Jennings was with Grant in the second Bridget Jones,2004, and has played such real-lifers as Alan Bennett, Winston Churchill, Sergei Diaghilev, Anthony Eden, Tim Geithner,King George III, George Orwell, Prince Charles.. and his great uncle, the Duke of Windsor.
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