Hugh Grant admitted he had "tantrums" and "lashed out" at a stranger on the set of his new movie, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and compared himself to Christian Bale.
Spending time in Northern Ireland to film for the hotly-anticipated movie, the 62-year-old actor revealed that his stress got the best of him as he confessed to losing his cool on set.
The Golden Globe Award winner admitted to ‘having a couple of tantrums’ during an interview with the Daily Mail.
He said: “I lost my temper with a woman in my eyeline on day one. I assumed she was some executive from the studio who should have known better.
“Then, it turns out that she’s an extremely nice local woman who was the chaperone of the young girl. Terrible. A lot of grovelling,” he admitted, now red-faced with embarrassment.
“I did a ‘Christian Bale’,” he quipped, referring to the Batman star who has gained a name for himself on set for having outbursts.
Christian famously once had to apologise for an emotional tantrum on the set of Terminator: Salvation, where he began to rant and rave towards a cinematographer.
The profanity-filled outburst from the set of the Terminator sequel, which was aimed towards the movie’s director of photography, Shane Hurlbut - was leaked.
Hugh, meanwhile, revealed that his “tantrums” are an annual occurrence, with Jon Stewart even vowing to never let the actor return on the Daily Show after an allegedly unpleasant experience.
He called him “the worst guest” to ever appear on his show, adding: “He’s giving everyone s*** the whole time, and he’s a big pain in the a**”.
However, the Notting Hill actor soon took ownership over the monet, telling Vanity Fair: “I did have a tantrum backstage. About once a year, I have a really mega-tantrum, and sadly he witnessed one.”
Meanwhile, in 2020, the Love Actually star even revealed that he had to take a break from acting after his “bad attitude” saw available roles diminishing.
