Hugh Grant: singing and dancing for new film was really difficult
Hugh Grant thinks he was miscast in the lead role in his latest film Music and Lyrics. Hugh plays a former pop star in the film but doesn’t think much to his singing or dancing ability.
He revealed recently: “The thing is that I loved many aspects of this project. But the bit that I dreaded was the music because I’m not a musical person and I’m frankly miscast in the whole film.”
“So it was very tough for me to have to get up there and sing. I learned to play the piano a bit. I learned to sing a bit or rather the computer can put you into tune. But the dancing? There is no hiding there or in delivering a song on stage by yourself in tight trousers. I never enjoyed that.”
“It was really difficult. People kept saying, ‘Just express yourself.’ I’d say, ‘I don’t know what to express. I have no movement or life or joy in me.’ … I do sing well in the bath. That’s where you have that lovely echo and it makes you sing better.”
“I worked like a dog to get better at the singing, but to be honest, it’s really the computers. Computers are unbelievable. You bring a dog and get it to bark. By the time they’ve finished with it, it sounds like Aretha Franklin.”













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# moses jonah on February 26th, 2007 at 8:08 am
I thought that the comment about the dogs sounding like Aretha, was low down,
I have lost respect for Hugh grant putting down another artist, he should be a shame of himself.
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# Nicola R on April 1st, 2007 at 12:07 am
Hi, I think you might have missed the point of what Hugh Grant has said. He is not saying that dogs sound like Aretha Franklin. He is actually complimenting her ability and saying that computers are so advanced that they are able to use special effects and enhance other peoples voices to make them sound amazing LIKE people such as Aretha Franklin. Its actually a compliment.
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# Rezende on February 27th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Please remove this left ad sidebar of the page, so we can read the news clearly.
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# Nicola R on March 31st, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Hugh Grant is great! He speaks his mind which is good!! Don’t be offended by what he says, everyone is entitled to an opinion!
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