Not Just Another Pretty Face

On screen and off, Hugh Grant drips charm, but he has a wicked side too

There he was preparing to cavort in the buff with Andie MacDowell. For a seasoned, swaggering movie heartthrob, that scene might have been an irresistible chance to show off, but for Hugh Grant the occasion proved mortifying. "The first time I took my shirt off on the set," he says, referring to the filming of Four Weddings and a Funeral, "the make-up artist asked, 'Do you want definition painted in?' What was even more tragic is that I would have liked it but could not face having it painted on in front of everyone else. I'm still getting over that."

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