While "Two Weeks Notice" did decently well at the box office, it of course was not a major hit along the lines of the "Harry Potter" franchise (via The Numbers).
Now that he's older, Hugh Grant's rom-com days are definitively behind him. "I've gotten too old and ugly and fat to do them anymore," Grant said during that Hollywood Reporter roundtable. "So now I've done other things and I've got marginally less self-hatred."
In the years since Grant left the rom-com world behind him, he's surprised and delighted audiences with roles in "A Very English Scandal," "The Undoing," and of course, "Paddington 2."
According to The Guardian, at the time that Grant declined the role of Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, Alan Cumming was allegedly the frontrunner for the role. However, eventually, the part would go to Kenneth Branagh, who really took to the role. And in case of fans need more proof than Branagh's performance in the film – check out this somewhat recently unearthed photoshoot of Branagh in character as Lockhart.
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