Hugh Grant became rom-com loyalty in the 1990s and 2000s and starred in some of the most successful and influential movies of the genre, but one of them had a disastrous start. Hugh Grant’s acting career began in the early 1980s and gained recognition for his role as Clive Durham in the romantic drama Maurice. However, the movie that boosted his career and turned him into an international star was Four Weddings and a Funeral. Directed by Mike Newell, Four Weddings and a Funeral marked the first collaboration between Newell and Grant.

Written by Richard Curtis, Four Weddings and a Funeral follows Charles (Grant) and his group of friends: his brother David, his flatmate Scarlett, the aristocratic Fiona and her brother Tom, and couple Matthew and Gareth. Charles is always the best man at weddings, and at one he meets Carrie (Andie MacDowell), an American woman he has an...