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    From Withnail to Marvel: the late blooming of Richard E Grant

    Following a year of triumphs, including an Oscar nod, the actor talks about suddenly finding himself ‘the guy of this moment’
    by Benjamin Lee in New York Apr 11, 2020 6 minutes
    At 62, far from winding down, Richard E Grant is more in demand than ever. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP

    “I knew it would be a flame that would die down very quickly, and that’s exactly what happened,” Richard E Grant tells me, talking about the comedown that’s following a frenetic, flashy 12-month period.

    He’s sitting across from me at a hotel in Manhattan, pre-quarantine, and reflecting on a year that started with a role in true-crime black comedy Can You Ever Forgive Me?, for which he received an Oscar nomination, and ended with a part in the 2019 film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

    He’s far from glum about the calm after the hurricane (when we meet, he’s on such ebullient form that it’s hard to imagine him being glum about anything) but he’s confident that, at 62, he won’t be “the guy of this moment” at any other point in his career. He is, he says, a “journeyman” actor who briefly moved out of the wings and into the spotlight. It’s a definition that could be viewed as overly self-deprecating, given his body of work, but there’s

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