Hugh Grant loses it in ‘terrible’ on-set tantrum

Actor Hugh Grant lost his temper at a “nice local woman” on the set of his latest movie, it’s been revealed.

Hugh Grant on-set of Dungeons and Dragons. Picture: DC/MEGA

Hugh Grant admitted to misdirecting his anger and flipping out at a “nice local woman” while filming Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves.

“I lost my temper with a woman in my eye line on day one,” the actor, 62, told Total Film magazine (via Yahoo! News).

“I assumed she was some executive from the studio who should have known better,” he said.

“Then it turns out that she’s an extremely nice local woman who was the chaperone of the young girl.”

The Love Actually star called his temper tantrum “terrible” and explained that his episode ended with “a lot of grovelling,” Page Six reports.

Hugh Grant, seen here filming Dungeons and Dragons in Somerset, UK. Picture: DC/MEGA

“I did a Christian Bale,” Grant joked, referencing when the fellow actor was famously caught on tape aggressively yelling at a Terminator: Salvation crew member in 2009. Afterwards, Bale, 49, apologised profusely and called his actions “inexcusable”.

This isn’t the first time Grant has had a meltdown, as he’s previously admitted to occasionally having a short fuse.

One talk show host called Grant ‘a pain in the a**’ – which he at least copped to. Picture: AFP

Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart famously called Grant one of the worst guests he ever had on his show, referring to the actor as “a big pain in the a**”.

Grant owned up to it, telling Andy Cohen in 2015: “He wasn’t entirely wrong.”

He added: “I did have a tantrum backstage. About once a year, I have a really mega-tantrum, and sadly he witnessed one. So he’s absolutely right.”

Grant stars in Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves alongside Chris Pine, Justice Smith, Michelle Rodriguez, Sophia Lillis and Regé-Jean Page.

Finally smiling: Hugh Grant plays Forge in Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves. Picture: Paramount

The British movie star spoke about why he was drawn to the project back in December, telling Collider that he liked that the script was “about losers”.

“This little band of comrades, they’re all a bit crap. [Pine’s character is] not great at being a bard. And the magician, played by Justice, is really bad. What do they call magicians in Dungeons & Dragons? Sorcerer. He’s not much good,” he told the website.

”And Michelle’s character has been thrown out of whatever. What is she? Barbarian. And is still in love with her husband, who is in love with someone else. And I responded to that loser-ish thing about this little band,” he said.

“Maybe that’s an English predilection. We love a loser.”

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission

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