Richard Curtis recalls thinking Hugh Grant was ‘too posh’ for his films

Richard Curtis and Hugh Grant did a number of films together (PA)

Director Richard Curtis has recalled how he “fought against” the casting of Hugh Grant in Four Weddings And A Funeral as he thought the actor was “too posh and too handsome” for his movies.

Grant, 64, won a best acting Bafta in 1995 for Curtis’ romantic comedy, which saw him play clumsy English fop Charles, who seemed destined to always be the best man at weddings and never get married himself, until meeting an American named Carrie (Andie MacDowell).