During an interview with Letterboxd, Hugh Grant recalled an unusual meeting with Quentin Tarantino, who gave his opinion on what his best film would be
Despite Hugh Grant be known for films like A Place Called Notting Hill (1999), Simply Love (2003) and Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), the actor’s best film, according to the iconic director Quentin Tarantinois part of the lesser-known projects of grant.
Throughout his career, Tarantino directed successful feature films such as Pulp Fiction: Time of Violence (1994), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Kill Bill – Volume 1 (2003), Django Unchained (2012), Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (2019).
During an interview with Letterboxd, Hugh Grant revealed how Tarantino is quite a fan of Lyrics and Music (2007), directed by Marc Lawrence and also starring Drew Barrymore (Sophie Fisher), Haley Bennett (Cora Corman), Scott Porter (Colin Thompson), Kristen Johnston (Rhonda Fisher) and Matthew Morrison (Ray). grant interpreted Alex Fletcher. Read the synopsis below:
A decadent pop music star, who was very successful in the 1980s, now only performs on the nostalgic circuit of fairs and amusement parks. Everything changes when he meets a talented composer and tries to revive his career.
“He loves that movie. I had a strange experience that some people have in London: a sweaty person pushed his way through the crowd towards me, and it was Quentin Tarantino. And to my huge surprise, he said, ‘Man, I love Lyrics and Music,'” he recalled grant. The film is available to subscribers of Max or for rent in Prime Video, Google Play and Apple TV+.
He said he watched it on a plane and was so disappointed that the plane landed before the movie ended that he had to quickly go and order it from Blockbuster or something like that.
Source: Rollingstone

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