Hugh Grant is not one to be contradicted. And even less so when it comes to himself. “What happens is that you have an image of me based on the characters in Richard Curtis’ films and I’m not like that. In reality, that charming Englishman is a self-portrait of Richard,” says the actor with a smile from ear to ear, which at the same time makes your blood run cold. Curtis, one of his best friends, and to whom Grant presented an honorary Oscar on November 18, is the scriptwriter and/or director of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually. “That Hugh is actually Richard.”