S8, Ep6: Richard E Grant, actor

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

The Guardian

Arts, Food

4.5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week on Comfort Eating, Grace is joined by one of the most successful and enduring film stars of the past 40 years: Richard E Grant. The Swaziland-born English actor made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I, and has since starred in the likes of Star Wars, Gosford Park and Saltburn. Richard and Grace chew over the food he ate when he ran away from home as a child, the breakfast he eats every single day but hates, and what exactly he cooked Melissa McCarthy for brunch before the Oscars ceremony. If you liked this episode then have a listen to Grace’s conversations with James Norton, David Harewood and Tamsin Greig

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian.
0:05.0	Hello there,
0:08.0	before we start I wanted to let you know that this episode contains some swearing and themes that may not be appropriate for all
0:15.9	listeners. I'm Grace Dent and this is Comfort Eating from The Guardian.
0:28.0	A podcast where we pay homage to the lesser celebrated foods in life. Because even as a restaurant critic, I believe the food that matters most is often that snack you cobble
0:35.8	together when you curled upon the sofa. Each week I ask my guest to lift the lid on what comfort foods have seen them through their lives.
0:45.7	Because you can tell a lot about a person from what they eat behind closed doors.
0:50.7	Hello everybody.
0:55.0	Now my guest today is the actor, Richard E Grant.
1:00.0	I know, I know.
1:02.0	What would you wear to meet one of the most successful and enduring film stars of the last 40 years?
1:09.0	Now one thing's for sure is going to start with a pair of thick black, opaque tights because the day has finally
1:18.4	come in the calendar when you can get back into your 60 deniers.
1:23.1	Should be a national all the doves.
1:25.3	Women should exchange cards around this time.
1:27.9	Happy 60 denier a day to one and all.
1:32.2	Now a man, I feel feel sure will have worn a 60 deneer at some point is
1:37.3	Richard E. Grant. He's what I would like to call dene Awer, raised under the African son in Swaziland.
1:46.7	His dream of acting brought him to the UK as a young man, where he was cast aged 30 in the cult classic with Nell and I. Since then
1:56.4	he's not left our screens he's starting dozens of films and TV series from
2:02.4	Gosford Park to Star Wars and from Game of Thrones to
2:05.6	Saltburn. I think my favourite is the 1995 film Jack and Sarah. It is just a proper
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