Hugh Grant on media, celebrity and Hollywood

Actor Hugh Grant, who became the poster boy for the charming British fop in romantic comedies such as Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, is delighted not to be part of Hollywood anymore.

Grant channels his feelings in his latest film, The Rewrite, as Keith, a washed-up screenwriter who moves to a small New York town to give a college course on the sometimes cynical and occasionally realistic perils of Hollywood. The film is out in UK theaters on Wednesday.

Grant, 54, has also been active since 2011 in the Hacked Off campaign, which is dedicated to raising awareness about the victims of press abuse. He gave evidence at the Leveson inquiry into the culture and ethics of the British media and accused several British tabloid newspapers of intruding into his personal life and hacking his telephone.