Hugh Grant Regrets Losing His S*** On Dungeons & Dragons Set: "I Did A Christian Bale"

Hugh Grant has admitted to temper tantrums on the set of Dungeons Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

Grant, who plays con man Forge in the movie, revealed he had a "couple of tantrums" and lashed out at a woman on set, when he confused her with a studio executive.

Speaking to Daily Mail's Eden Confidential column, Grant, 62, 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..."

"I did a Christian Bale," he added, referring to the infamous meltdown Christian Bale suffered on the set of the 2009 sequel Terminator Salvation. The actor snapped at the movie's cinematographer for walking into his eyeline while filming a scene. The gold standard of on-set outbursts was caught on tape. 

This isn't the first time Grant has lost his s***. His tantrums got him banned from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In 2009, Stewart clashed with Grant when he came by to promote Did You Hear About the Morgans? 

"He’s giving everyone s*** the whole time, and he’s a big pain in the a**," Stewart said in 2012.

"I did have a tantrum backstage," Grant said in a 2015 Vanity Fair interview. "About once a year, I have a really mega-tantrum, and sadly he witnessed one."

Not only did his fits get him barred from talk shows, it also cost him a few jobs. 

 "I developed a bad attitude from about 2005 onwards, shortly after Music and Lyrics," Grant told Harper's Bazaar in 2020. "I just had enough. Then I went back in 2009 and made another film.

"At that point, it wasn't me giving up Hollywood. Hollywood gave me up because I made such a massive turkey with that film with Sarah Jessica Parker [Did You Hear About The Morgans?']

"Whether I wanted to or not after that, the days of being a very well-paid leading man were suddenly gone overnight. It was slightly embarrassing but it left life free for other things."

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves opens in cinemas on Mar 30. Grant is also slated to present at next Monday's Oscars.

— BANG SHOWBIZ

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