Hugh Grant Reveals A Disgusting Hot Dog Story That Will Have You Running To The Toilet
Hugh Grant ate too many Nathan's hot dogs filming in Coney Island and suffered for it.
Hugh Grant and hot dogs just don’t get along. During a joint interview with Chris Pine on James Corden’s Late Late Show, Grant told tales of hot dogs that have haunted him through the years, from being stalked by an insane fan in a hot dog costume to getting his stomach rocked by Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs in New York City.
Hugh Grant started his hot dog stories with his 2022 trip to San Diego Comic-Con to promote his latest film, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Unlike Chris Pine, who has become a Comic-Con veteran thanks to franchises like Star Trek and Wonder Woman, Grant was a newcomer to the experience. “We never got to go there with Sense and Sensibility,” he joked.
What he encountered at Comic-Con was a lot of love from fans – almost too much. Hugh Grant recalled that one fan, dressed in a hot dog costume, stalked him. Everywhere Grant went in San Diego, the hot dog guy followed and watched. “He was terrifying. I thought I was gonna wake up in the night and find him in my bed,” he teased.
Then Corden prompted Hugh Grant to tell another hot dog story. “You’re referring to an unfortunate incident,” Grant said. “In Coney Island, New York, I was shooting a film with Sandra Bullock and at lunch time they all said, ‘Oh, well, you must have a Nathan’s hot dog. They’re famous,'” he explained. “Right-o, you know, when in Rome. So I went off and had a Nathan’s hot dog and it was the most delicious thing I’ve ever eaten in my life. So I thought I’ll have another!”
Once he started, he could not stop. During that fateful lunch in Coney Island, Hugh Grant ate four hot dogs. “But what no one explained to me,” Grant continued, “is that there’s some ingredient that has an effect on a digestive system, famously with these hot dogs. So I was, to put it delicately, very late back to the make-up trailer.”
When Grant returned to the trailer, the make-up team was concerned. He responded that he had just had a Nathan’s hot dog lunch that did not sit well. The Brooklyn-native make-up artist replied, “What, did it blow your a** out?” Grant replied, “Yes, it blew my a** out.”
The film Hugh Grant was shooting at the time of the Nathan’s hot dog incident was Two Weeks Notice, a 2002 rom-com the actor starred in opposite Sandra Bullock. Set largely in Coney Island, hot dogs even made an appearance in the film.
Hugh Grant has hot dog horror stories that span twenty years. But his time on Dungeons & Dragons has brought about something more positive for the actor: a bromance with Chris Pine. Corden acknowledged that Grant and Pine had spent a lot of time together on their latest press tour, and Chris Pine nestled up to his co-star, prompting a kiss on the head from Grant.
Corden asked the actors what their favorite things about each other were. “His brightness, his positivity,” Pine responded. Grant followed up by saying, “I’m a little more shallow. It’s Chris’s body.” That prompted quite a response from the crowd.
Hugh Grant does not encounter a hot dog in Dungeons & Dragons, but he has been met with a flurry of positive reviews. Now in its opening weekend, the film is on track for a big box office turnout, with high critic and audience scores pouring in. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film boasts a 91 percent critic score and a 93 percent audience rating.
The film has been noted for its raucous fun, both for fans of the classic tabletop game the movie draws its source material from, and for newcomers who have never played. Grant and Pine star in the movie alongside Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, and Sophia Lillis. The film is blowing up, but thankfully Hugh Grant, after learning a valuable hot dog lesson, isn’t.
