{"id":1984354,"date":"2023-07-27T16:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellowstone-star-luke-grimes-calls-hugh-grant-his-north-star-for-romantic-comedies-he-was-perfect\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T16:39:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:39:07","slug":"yellowstone-star-luke-grimes-calls-hugh-grant-his-north-star-for-romantic-comedies-he-was-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellowstone-star-luke-grimes-calls-hugh-grant-his-north-star-for-romantic-comedies-he-was-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Yellowstone&#8217; actor Luke Grimes praises Hugh Grant as his ideal for romantic comedies, calling him &#8220;perfect.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyellowstone-star-luke-grimes-calls-hugh-grant-his-north-star-for-romantic-comedies-he-was-perfect%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984354&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Actor Luke Grimes \u200dFinds \u200dInspiration in Hugh Grant for New\u2063 Rom-Com<\/h2>\n<p>Actor Luke Grimes revealed that\u200c he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-hud-secy-carson-announces-launch-of-new-conservative-non-profit\/\" title=\"Fmr. 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Carson announces launch of new conservative non-profit\">drew inspiration<\/a> from one of \u2063the most\u200b revered actors in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsay-lohan-reacts-to-news-that-her-return-to-acting-in-christmas-film-hits-number-1-on-netflix\/\" title=\"Lindsay Lohan Reacts To News That Her Return To Acting In Christmas Film Hits Number 1 On Netflix\">romantic comedy genre<\/a> while filming his latest Netflix movie, &#8220;Happiness for Beginners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellowstone-star-luke-grimes-calls-hugh-grant-his-north-star-for-romantic-comedies-he-was-perfect\/\" title=\"'Yellowstone' actor Luke Grimes praises Hugh Grant as his ideal for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-actor-trevor-donovan-plays-against-type-onscreen-on-social-media-and-especially-in-politics\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Actor Trevor Donovan Plays Against Type \u2014 Onscreen, On Social Media, And Especially In Politics\">romantic comedies<\/a>, calling him &#8220;perfect.&#8221;&#8221;>seasoned cast member<\/a> \u200bof\u200c &#8220;Yellowstone&#8221; couldn&#8217;t stop praising British star Hugh Grant, known for his roles in beloved rom-coms\u2063 like &#8220;Love Actually,&#8221; &#8220;Notting Hill,&#8221; and &#8220;Bridget \u2062Jones&#8217;s\u2062 Diary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I think Hugh Grant\u2063 was the romantic-comedy god,&#8221; Grimes gushed during \u200dan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-oans-chanel-rion-talks-election-fight-with-rudy-giuliani\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: OAN\u2019s Chanel Rion talks election fight with Rudy Giuliani\">exclusive interview<\/a> with \u2063People. &#8220;He was \u2062always the straight \u2063man, but he\u200b was funny enough on his own.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Grimes\u200d admired Grant&#8217;s ability to strike the perfect balance between humor and allowing other characters to shine.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He \u200bhad just enough that he was perfect,&#8221; Grimes explained. &#8220;You actually believed\u200b him and \u200bfelt for him and had a lot of empathy for him. So\u2063 he was sort of my North Star [in] trying to \u200cdo\u200b this movie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Happiness \u2063for Beginners&#8221; is based on a\u2064 2015 novel of the same name and \u2064follows \u2063the\u200d story of Helen\u200c (played by Ellie Kemper), a \u2064divorcee who embarks on an \u200cAppalachian Trail survivalist\u200c course\u2064 and\u200c meets Jake (Grimes), a friend of her\u200b younger brother.<\/p>\n<p>While Grimes has appeared\u2063 in movies\u200b with romantic storylines\u200b before, this\u2063 is his first official foray into \u200dthe rom-com genre. He admitted \u2063that it had always been a goal of\u200b his.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I always wanted to do a romantic \u2063comedy. It was on my bucket list,&#8221; Grimes shared. &#8220;There&#8217;s enough bad\u2064 stuff \u200bin the world. And\u200c I read the script and I was like, &#8216;I \u2063think I could do this.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although he was initially nervous about tackling\u2064 a new genre, Grimes believes \u200dthe experience turned\u2062 out well.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know if I&#8217;d be any good. But\u200b in this room when we&#8217;re rehearsing with all these really \u200cfunny \u2064people, they accepted me into their circle, and I got to watch them be really \u200cfunny and try it myself,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Grimes understands the \u200cappeal \u2063of romantic comedies and why they \u2064exist.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes I just want to \u200cwatch something a little lighter and a little more happy and go to bed with good dreams\u200c instead of bad ones,&#8221; Grimes expressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1690455510071000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0zc8zwWGoXeRzcNJLiJVWI\">CLICK HERE TO GET\u2062 THE \u2063DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Luke Grimes drew inspiration from renowned rom-com actor Hugh Grant during the making of his Netflix film, &#8220;Happiness for Beginners.&#8221; Grimes, a &#8220;Yellowstone&#8221; regular, commended Grant, famous for hits like &#8220;Love Actually&#8221; and &#8220;Notting Hill,&#8221; in the romantic comedy genre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1984355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}