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Hugh Grant Talks 'Florence Foster Jenkins,' His Toxic 'Paddington 2' Character and More


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Most people can spend their entire lives trying to make a career out of something without ever actually becoming any good at it. And then there's Hugh Grant, a man who's made a career out of being incredibly good at something he's not all that passionate about: acting. Funnily enough, in his latest movie, Florence Foster Jenkins, Grant gives one of his career's best performances by playing a washed up actor who was never any good in the first place.  Grant co-stars in the movie, based on a true story, as the long time lover/enabler of Meryl Streep's Florence, a woman who loves musical theatre but is herself an absolutely dreadful singer. It's a rather charming, heartfelt, layered movie about many things, including coming to terms with the often...
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