British actor Hugh Grant, best known for his foppish roles in romantic comedies such as Four Weddings And A Funeral, is to subsidise a child’s place at the prestigious West London school he used to attend.
Hugh, 41, is to fund a place at the £9,840-a-year Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith in memory of his mother, who was a teacher at the school. She died of cancer last year. “My mother always nagged me saying, ‘You’re earning all this money and have this power and you never do any good,” said the actor.
“Now I feel I can salve my conscience if I do something.”
Hugh also revealed he “would not put my money” on a sequel to the hit movie Bridget Jones's Diary ever being made. Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding’s follow-up novel, Edge Of Reason has been the subject of persistent sequel rumours, especially since actress Renee Zellweger received an Oscar nomination for the role.
“The people who are keen to make the sequel are Working Title - the production company behind Bridget Jones - because they see dollar signs flashing in front of them,” he said.
“I’m a little bit equivocal to tell you the whole truth. I don’t feel particularly keen. I don’t want to let everyone else down if they want to do it. Having said that I don’t think Renee is that keen to be fat again.”
Hugh’s latest film About A Boy opens in the UK on April 26 and in the US on May 17.
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