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HUGH EXPLORES HIS DARK SIDE

WITH his floppy fringe, lopsided grin, come-hither eyes and English-public-schoolboy sex appeal, he was the ultimate romcom Romeo.

The world fell in love him as the endearingly bumbling Charles in Four Weddings and a Funeral, rooted for him to woo Julia Roberts in Notting Hill, swooned over the irresistible cad he was in Bridget Jones and even tolerated his so-so singing in Music and Lyrics.

But those days are done now. In Hugh Grant’s own words, he’s “too old, fat and ugly” to play the romantic hero – but there’s plenty of life left in this fellow yet.

Sure, at 60 he’s a bit wrinklier, that grin is more

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