Hugh Grant has admitted Renée Zellweger ‘is one of the few actresses he hasn’t fallen out with’.
The actor, 60, who played her boyfriend Daniel Cleaver in the Bridget Jones’s Diary franchise, revealed they’ve managed a close friendship and ‘still exchange long emails’ during a recent interview on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show.
Thespian Hugh detailed his relationship with the Judy star, 51, after previously suggesting his on-screen lovers Julianne Moore, Rachel Weisz and Drew Barrymore ‘loathe, despise and hate’ him.
‘We still exchange long emails’: Hugh Grant has admitted Renée Zellweger ‘is one of the few actresses he hasn’t fallen out with’ (pictured in Bridget Jones – The Edge Of Reason in 2004)
‘I love Renée. Uh, she’s one of the few actresses I haven’t fallen out with’, the former bachelor said, before adding: ‘And, we, we got on very well together and, we still exchange long emails.’
The media personality went on to poke fun at Renée’s extensive messages as he explained: ‘Hers in particular, at least 70 pages each, interesting stuff, but quite hard to decipher.
‘She’s a properly good egg and a genius. Did you see her Judy Garland? About as good as acting gets.’
The father-of-five later reflected on his role as dreamy Daniel, who is involved in an on-off relationship with his colleague Bridget in the 2001 blockbuster and its sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason in 2004.
”She’s a properly good egg and a genius’: The actor, 60, revealed they’ve managed a close friendship, unlike some of his other female co-stars (pictured in March)
Pals: During a recent interview on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, the thespian revealed he and the Judy star, 51, ‘got on very well together’
Her number one fan: The media personality declared the screen star is ‘about as good as acting gets’ (pictured in February)
Hugh stated: ‘I quite enjoyed playing Daniel, I related to him. He’s a disappointed man who was in publishing and always wanted to write his own book but hadn’t.
‘With all that going on, I think I created a fascinating back story to him – none of which come through in the final performance.’
In a 2009 interview with Elle, the Gentleman star shared his honest opinions about his female co-stars, insisting some aren’t his biggest fan.
The Hollywood icon said of Julianne, 59, who he fronted 1995 hit film Nine Months with: ‘Brilliant actress. Loathes me.’
‘She loathes me!’ In a 2009 interview, the Gentleman star shared his opinions about his female co-stars (pictured with Julianne Moore in 1995’s Nine Months)
Candid: Hugh also starred in 2002 drama About a Boy with Rachel Weisz, 50, and insisted while she’s ‘clever and beautiful’, he believes she ‘despises’ him
Ouch! The TV and film personality heaped praise on Drew Barrymore, 45, his love interest in Music and Lyrics, as he complimented her ‘stunning face’, but confessed to ‘making her cry’
Hugh also starred in 2002 drama About a Boy with Rachel, 50, and insisted while she’s ‘clever and beautiful’, he believes she ‘despises’ him.
The TV and film personality heaped praise on Drew, 45, his love interest in Music and Lyrics, as he complimented her ‘stunning face’, but confessed to ‘making her cry’.
Elsewhere in the article, he described Renée as ‘delightful and a very good kisser [but] far from sane, called Emma Thompson, 61, ‘clever, funny and mad as a chair’, while branding Sandra Bullock, 56, ‘a genius with too many dogs’.
The hunk, who is married to Swedish television producer Anna Eberstein, most recently played the husband of Nicole Kidman’s character Grace Fraser in mystery psychological thriller The Undoing.
In the series, the married couple’s seemingly perfect life, complete with their beloved son Henry, is shaken to its core when an enigmatic beauty is slain and Jonathan goes missing.
The finale (Hugh) drew HBO’s largest audience since Big Little Lies with three million tuning in to see how the show ends.
Captivating: The hunk most recently played the husband of Nicole Kidman’s character Grace Fraser in mystery psychological thriller The Undoing (pictured)