San Diego Comedian-Con is like Coachella for followers of all issues geeky, and it is crammed with fascinating personalities, occasions and even seems. This previous summer time romantic comedy icon Hugh Grant went to his first ever SDCC to advertise the upcoming film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves, and it seems like he had a really memorable expertise there, regardless of or maybe due to being “terrified” by one sizzling canine particular person.
As somebody who was within the viewers of Corridor H throughout the Dungeons & Dragons panel over the summer time, I can affirm Hugh Grant was an absolute hit. The actor who is clearly beloved for being a ‘90s heartthrob was fully welcomed by the SDCC crowd and gave a collection of hilarious quips, together with a couple of cheeky sexual innuendos about intercourse dungeons (or one thing). Nevertheless, Grant’s reminiscence about the entire thing is oddly particular. As he recalled:
There was just one particular person at that conference who actually liked me, and he was dressed for the entire three days as a sizzling canine. And he adopted me wherever I went. I could not shake him. Do you keep in mind the recent canine? I used to be terrified. I nonetheless have nightmares about him.
Whereas talking to Collider about his SDCC expertise alongside his Dungeons & Dragons co-star Chris Pine, Grant shared that he was stalked by a sizzling canine all through his Comedian-Con expertise and he can’t cease enthusiastic about it. It’s the sort of random SDCC story that appears actually on the market, however should you’ve been you’ll know that folks in costumes, together with sizzling canine, are in every single place.
Through the interview, Grant additionally admitted he appreciated the expertise of being in Corridor H alongside his Dungeons & Dragons solid members, however he had some reservations about the entire thing. It is wild given his attraction stole the panel, a panel which then additionally debuted the primary Dungeons & Dragons trailer as properly. In his phrases:
Nicely, I used to be terrified as a result of they convey the actors out one after the other, and I am so previous now. I am passé, and I believed, “They will convey out Chris Pine, they will go mad. They will convey out the others, they will go mad. After which they will say- ‘Hugh Grant,’ and there will be lifeless silence.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves
Launch Date: March 31, 2023 (Theaters)
Directed By: Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley
Written By: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley & Michael Gilio
Starring: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Web page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis and Hugh Grant
As Pine recalled, as soon as Hugh Grant did enter Corridor H they liked him. Grant commented that he thought the gang was on “crack or one thing,” however nope, that’s simply the incomparable vitality of Comedian-Con. It’s not on a regular basis that 1000’s of followers get to see a sneak peak of a film based mostly on Dungeons and Dragons starring Hugh Grant alongside Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Web page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis and extra.
You’ll be able to try CinemaBlend’s Comedian-Con interviews with Hugh Grant and the Dungeons & Dragons solid as we stay up for the film coming subsequent month. The 2023 new film launch is about to hit theaters on March 31.
