Hugh Grant says he’s happiest when ‘drinking a pint, eating Twiglets and reading about a Colin Firth box office catastrophe’

They have been frenemies for a while

He established himself early on in his career as a charming and vulnerable romantic leading man and has received several awards including a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy nominations.

Grant is currently embarking on a press tour to promote his new movie Heretic, in which he plays the lead, Mr Reed, a man who invites two young Mormon missionaries into his home when they come calling, only for things to take a swiftly sinister tone.

In the first question he revealed the historical figure he most identifies with, saying Scott of the Antartic – an angry, disappointed little man.

He said that one of his pet hates was when people tell him the menu is only accessible through the QR code.

When asked about his idea of perfect happiness he replied: “Drinking a pint of London Pride while munching Twiglets and reading about Colin Firth having a critical and box office catastrophe.”

The pair have long had a tongue-in-cheek frenemy relationship since starring in Bridget Jones Diary in 2001.

Grant sponsored a chair at BAFTA HQ with the following message: ‘In loving memory of Colin Firth. Not dead yet, but looks it. Sponsored by Hugh Grant.’

In the final question he was asked how he would like to die to which he replied: “My wife has kindly agreed to sneak up behind me and shoot me in the back of the head.”

The American horror thriller film was released in the UK and Ireland on November 1 and is released in the United States today (November 8).