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Hugh Grant Says His Notting Hill Role Was 'Despicable': 'Why Doesn't My Character Have Any Balls?'

Hugh Grant looked back on his role in the 1999 romantic comedy 'Notting Hill' in a new interview and said his character William "Will" Thacker was 'despicable.'

The actor, 64, took a trip down memory lane with Vanity Fair in a video interview, published on Nov. 14, that saw him watching scenes from previous movies. " Grant said in the interview, before taking issue with a particular scene that involved Will and his love interest, Julia Roberts' character Anna Scott, a movie star. Grant opened up to PEOPLE in an exclusive interview in October, ahead of the release of his A24 horror movie Heretic, in which he plays a reclusive Englishman who threatens the lives of two missionaries when they visit his home.

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