Source unknown – March, 2004

Nicholas Hoult, the teenage actor who almost stole “About A Boy” from Hugh Grant, will star as the young Richard E. Grant in a film based on the actor’s childhood in Swaziland.

Grant, the son of a diplomat, calls his film “Wah-Wah”, and plans to direct it on location this summer. He cast Hoult after weeks of auditions. Miranda Richardson and Emily Watson are also rumoured to be cast.

Hoult, 13, has been working with Nicolas Cage on the family drama “The Weather Man”. Initially, Grant had his eye on Max Pirkis, so brilliant as the young midshipman in “Master And Commander” opposite Russell Crowe and Paul Betteny. But Pirkis would be too busy with exams at Eton.

Grant attained cult status with the film Withnail And I, and more recently starred in “Gosford Park”. He has wanted to make a film in his homeland for years.