October 31st 2024.
Hollywood actor Richard E Grant recently revealed a curious phobia that led him to hide in a bathroom at a Royal household. The 67-year-old icon, best known for his roles in Saltburn, The Iron Lady, Jackie, and the 80s classic Withnail and I, has worked with various charities and has become friendly with Royals, including King Charles.
In a recent podcast appearance, Grant shared an amusing anecdote about a dinner invitation to the Royals where he was forced to spend 20 minutes in the bathroom due to his fear of cheese. This phobia perplexed Grace Dent, the host of the podcast Comfort Eating, who questioned how the actor could avoid cheese if he was invited to Balmoral for Christmas and the cheeses were brought out. Grant replied that he had stayed at Sandringham, not Balmoral, and that the cheeses were brought to the dining room, which was his cue to excuse himself to the bathroom for 20 minutes.
Dent was shocked by this revelation, calling it one of the most radical things she had ever heard. This is not the first time Grant has expressed his distaste for cheese; in a 2023 interview on This Morning, he famously compared the smell of cheese to that of a bum and an arse.
Currently, Grant is promoting his new series The Franchise, which also stars Lolly Adefope, Himesh Patel, Billy Magnussen, and Daniel Brühl. In an interview with Metro, he also shared some insights on his past film experiences, including the chaotic disaster that was Hudson Hawk with Bruce Willis in 1990. Grant described the film as a "nightmare" to shoot, with everything going wrong from the script to the director and the stars. Despite its failure at the box office, Grant can now look back on it with a sense of amusement.
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