Hugh Grant, 63, and his wife Anna Elisabet Eberstein, 40, attend the Wonka premiere ahead of his controversial role as an Oompa Loompa
Hugh Grant and his wife Anna Elisabet Eberstein let up the red carpet on Tuesday evening at the Wonka world premiere at The Royal Festival Hall in London.
The iconic actor, 63, who plays an Oompa-Loompa in the movie, looked smart as he wore a black suit which he wore with a matching tie.
He donned a white shirt to complete his look and posed alongside his television producer wife Anna.
Anna cut a glamorous figure in a white mini dress with a textured pattern and stood arm-in-arm with her famous husband on the red carpet.
She put on a very leggy display, adding a pair of tan heels to elongate her long legs.
Hugh Grant and his wife Anna Elisabet Eberstein let up the red carpet on Tuesday evening at the Wonka world premiere at The Royal Festival Hall in London
The iconic actor, 63, who plays an Oompa-Loompa in the movie, looked smart as he wore a black suit which he wore with a matching tie
The couple, who share three children together, wed in 2018 at the Chelsea register office near their £10million west London home.
Hugh plays an Oompa Loompa in the film but his role has been met with controversy.
The decision to cast Grant was criticised by an actor with dwarfism, who argued the part should have been offered to an actor with the condition as there is a lack of appropriate roles for dwarfs.
The Oompa-Loompas were played by actors with dwarfism in two previous films based on Roald Dahl’s iconic children’s book.
George Coppen – a 3ft 10in actor whose father played an Ewok in Star Wars – told The BBC: ‘A lot of actors [with dwarfism] feel like we are being pushed out of the industry we love,’ he said.
‘A lot of people, myself included, argue that dwarfs should be offered everyday roles in dramas and soaps, but we aren’t getting offered those roles.
‘One door is being closed but they have forgotten to open the next one.’
In Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, the Oompa Loompas are the small workers in the factory that Wonka imported from Loompaland.
The iconic actor ensured all attention was on him at the red carpet at the Royal Festival Hall
Anna cut a glamorous figure in a white mini dress with a textured pattern and stood arm-in-arm with her famous husband on the red carpet
The new Wonka film tells the story of the chocolatier before he opens his chocolate factory.
It is slated to officially release in the UK on December 8 just in time for Christmas.
The film is based on Roald Dahl’s classic 1964 novel titled Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and has been directed by Paul King, who previously helmed Paddington and its sequel.
The premise follows: ‘The wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today,’ per an official IMDB synopsis.
Hugh also shares two children with Tinglan Hong.
Back in January 2018, the blue-eyed heartthrob spoke to People TV’s Jess Cagle about becoming a father.
He said: ‘It was the nicest thing that’s ever happened to me. It’s just lovely to have all that love around.
‘Suddenly you love someone more than yourself. It’s unheard of in my case and they love you and it’s all enchanting.’
And speaking to Ellen DeGeneres in 2012, he also said: ‘Everyone was right all these years, saying, ‘Hugh, why don’t you have some children? It changes your life!”
In the trailer for the new film, which focuses on the life of Willy Wonka, Grant appears as an Oompa Loompa trapped inside a jar
Casting Hugh Grant an an Oompa Loompa in the new Wonka film takes work away from a dwarf, a 3ft 10in actor whose father played an Ewok said
George Coppen, 26, (left) argued the part should have been offered to an actor with the condition as there is a lack of appropriate roles for dwarfs
‘Now that I have a child, it is life-changing. I recommend it. Get some!
Earlier this year, Hugh hit back at an internet claim he only married Anna ‘for passport reasons’ and insisted it was because he loves her.
The star came across the claim listed as part of a Google search last month and, taking issue with it, set the record straight on Twitter.
Firing back, Hugh insisted that the reason why he and his wife tied the knot was because of ‘love’.
He shared a screenshot of the search results for his wife Anna’s full name, which brought up an online article, published by site Nicki Swift in December 2020, claiming he married Anna for ‘passport reasons’.
The Bridget Jones’s Diary actor married for the first time three years ago and the article quotes him stating in an interview with USA Today that he and Anna believe marriage is a ‘pretty preposterous social construct’, before discussing their different names on their passports.
Hugh, who shares three children with TV producer Anna, said while discussing getting married: ‘I didn’t like going through immigration into countries where they’d say, “Everyone with a Grant passport over here, and all the others through there.
‘[Anna] went through with the nannies. That seemed all wrong.’
However, Hugh – who previously dated Elizabeth Hurley – has now insisted that he actually didn’t marry for practical reasons and married for love.
After coming across the search screengrab, Hugh shared it via Twitter and fired back: ‘No I didn’t, @internet. I married her because I love her.’
Wonka will be released in the UK on December 8, and the US on December 15.
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