Richard E. Grant Says A-List Actors Treated His Daughter 'Appallingly' Until Her Name Sunk In
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While the Oscar-nominated actor didn't reveal the culprits by name, a glance at his daughter's résumé has already led amateur sleuths down the rabbit hole.
Richard E. Grant doesn’t seem to suffer fools, least of all when they treat his daughter like one.
The Academy Award-nominated actor revealed earlier this week that some “very well-known” actors behaved “appallingly” toward his daughter, Olivia Grant, while she worked as a production assistant on various British films — whose A-list stars apparently didn’t know who she was.
Grant might be best known to U.S. audiences for his role on “Game of Thrones” or his Oscar nod turn in 2019’s “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” ― but he’s led a decades-long career that has long imbued him with immense respect for cast and crew members alike.
When asked Monday about the “most underrated job on a film set,” Grant didn’t hesitate.
“The runners,” he told Sky News, “who are paid the least amount of money. They’re the youngsters, they get there at five in the morning and they’re the last to leave. And if anything goes wrong, they get shat on from a dizzy height.”