From his early romantic comedies to his more recent dramatic ventures, Hugh Grant has consistently delivered performances that captivate audiences worldwide over the years. However, he has recently claimed that the atmospheres in movie sets nowadays are becoming weird. And you would be surprised to know the reason behind it.
During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the Notting Hill star said how today the film sets are no more a place for fun, whereas earlier all the cast used to bond like a family. While the British actor found immense success in romantic comedies, he demonstrated his versatility by taking on a wide range of roles.
Hugh Grant Explains How Cell Phones Make Movie Sets Weird Nowadays
On The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Hugh Grant shared his view about why film sets are “so weird” nowadays. During the appearance, Grant said that mobile phones are the reason that made movie sets “so weird now” because actors no longer got drunk and fell “in love with each other.”
“You know, in the old days, by the end of the second week, you were all getting drunk in the evening and having dinner and falling in love with each other and all that,” he told Colbert.
“And all that stopped because of telephones. Really everyone goes home and looks at Twitter. It’s so sad,” he added.
The actor started his journey in Hollywood in the early eighties. So it’s obvious that he would notice all these changes in or out of the industry.
Quentin Tarantino Does Not Allow Phones on Set
The Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino follows a strict “no cell phone” policy on his movie sets and Hugh Grant feels that’s so right. When Grant shared his take on how mobile phones make movie sets weird, the host Stephen Colbert asked him on the Late Night Show:
“So if there weren’t telephones on set, there will be more affairs going on?”
To which Grant replied:
“Yeah, I think so. You know, Tarantino banned telephones from his set, and quite right, too. And the people there, they do all shag each other, so I’m told.”
“Nobody can be anywhere around my camera with a cell phone. We actually have a Checkpoint Charlie [phone checkpoint],” Tarantino explained his approach to cell phones in a 2013 interview with Jay Leno (via Hollywood).
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor Timothy Olyphant also revealed that the director would fire anyone who uses a phone on set.
“Quentin has got no cell phones on set. None. You’re fired. Cell phone…out, done, you’re going home,” he said on The Rich Eisen Show.
The use of modern technology is a must in contemporary movies, but Hugh Grant or Quentin Tarantino knows how cell phones make the sets strange or weird and take away the bonding that used to be there earlier.
