Taken for Granted
Sir: Why is it that even The Spectator suf- fers from such inaccurate coverage as the piece on Hugh Grant (`The decline from Cary Grant to Hugh Grant', 15 February)?
The idea that Hugh Grant and Holly- wood jointly launched a `masterplan' for him to become an American star simply fails to acknowledge the extent to which the British press quite fancied his chances as well. After Four Weddings, who didn't? Likewise, in his rundown of the hopes of British film stars — either they have to be a beefcake or play Americans — he conve- niently ignores our most successful film. actor at the moment, Ralph Fiennes. Nei" ther in Schindler's List nor The Engto 111 Patient does Mr Fiennes seem to be culti- vating either persona. So why should Mr Grant?
Rupert Walters Flat 5,
5 Kensington Park Gardens, London W11
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