With Nails: The Film Diaries of Richard E. Grant - Softcover

Grant, Richard E

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879519355 ISBN 13: 9780879519353

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 1999

Synopsis

First comes Grant's first big break, the starring role in Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I, the cult film that set Grant's career on a path bound for stardom--"I had no notion that, almost without exception, every film offered since would be the result of playing an alcoholic-out-of-work actor." Like Dante's Virgil he guides the reader through the hell of the making of Hudson Hawk. He knows he's an insider when Carrie Fisher reminds him, "You're no longer a tourist, you're one of the attractions." This heady mixture of eating spaghetti with the Coppolas, window-shopping with Sharon Stone, and working with and learning from the best actors and directors in Tinseltown will be irresistible to anyone who loves movies or aspires to be a Hollywood player.

About this title

Book Description:

‘You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, especially if you’re in the book like I am’ Steve Martin

About the Author:

Richard E. Grant was born and brought up in Mbabane, Swaziland. He went to London in 1982, waitered, repped, toured, and fringed until getting a role in a television satire about advertising, Honest, Decent and True. This led to being cast in Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I in 1986. His films include Hidden City, Warlock, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Mountains of the Moon, Killing Dad, L.A. Story, Hudson Hawk, The Player, Dracula, The Age of Innocence, Pret a Porter, Jack and Sarah, The Portrait of a Lady, Twelfth Night, The Serpent's Kiss, Spice World, The Corpse Bride, and Penelope. He has written articles for Vanity Fair and Premiere. Richard E. Grant lives in London with his family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0879519355
• ISBN 13: 9780879519353
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304