Richard E. Grant doesn’t appear to endure fools, least of all after they deal with his daughter like one.
The Academy Award-nominated actor revealed earlier this week that some “very well-known” actors behaved “appallingly” towards his daughter, Olivia Grant, whereas she labored as a manufacturing assistant on numerous British movies — whose A-list stars apparently didn’t know who she was.
Grant may be greatest recognized to U.S. audiences for his position on “Game of Thrones” or his Oscar nod flip in 2019’s “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” ― however he’s led a decades-long profession that has lengthy imbued him with immense respect for forged and crew members alike.
When requested Monday concerning the “most underrated job on a film set,” Grant didn’t hesitate.
“The runners,” he advised Sky Information, “who are paid the least amount of money. They’re the youngsters, they get there at five in the morning and they’re the last to leave. And if anything goes wrong, they get shat on from a dizzy height.”
“I know because my daughter was a runner for two years and was appallingly treated by some very well-known household names in England,” added Grant, “who changed their tune when they found out who her father was, which made it worse.”
He admitted, “It made me damn those people even more.”
Whereas her father didn’t determine the culprits by title, Olivia’s résumé on IMDb does certainly affirm that she labored as a runner on initiatives that starred Hugh Grant, Meryl Streep, Sam Claflin, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Sales space and Felicity Jones.
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Whereas endlessly curious social media customers could by no means know who was responsible, sleuths on Reddit are actually doing their greatest to search out out — and have already famous that Olivia publicly praised Redmayne in 2015, suggesting it wasn’t him.
Olivia has since made a reputation for herself as a significant casting director for movies equivalent to “The Batman,” and received the Zeitgeist Award from the Casting Society of America earlier this 12 months for her work on 2023’s large blockbuster “Barbie.”
When requested Monday if he ever confronted the culprits, Richard confirmed that he did — however solely with “one person” whom he’d “never speak to” once more.
