Hugh Grant was looking his best on Tuesday evening when he got back on the publicity trail for his upcoming musical prequel Wonka.
The 63-year-old screen legend was spotted out in New York City as he headed to a taping of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
He opted for a classic look with a well-tailored black suit as he was spotted walking up to the studio in Manhattan.
Grant can be seen onscreen as Lofty, a diminutive Oompa-Loompa who befriends a young Willy Wonka.
Timothée Chalamet plays the chocolatier in his early years, before he developed the stature of the character in the 1971 classic Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.
Hugh Grant, 63, looked debonaire in a well-tailored black suit as he headed to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in New York City on Tuesday evening
Gene Wilder created an iconic portrait of the figure who originated in Roald Dahl’s 1964 novel Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, and Tim Burton later directed Johnny Depp in the role for a remake retitled after the book.
Hugh eschewed overly tight suits in vogue with some younger stars in favor of a flowing, better fitting design.
He opted for a color-free ensemble featuring a white dress shirt and a textured black tie that complemented his jacket.
He kept his salt-and-pepper hair styled short, and he smiled as he arrived at the building.
In Hugh’s new film Wonka, Timothée Chalamet plays an aspiring chocolatier who moves to a fantastical European city to sell his seemingly magical treats, only to be tricked into decades of indentured servitude.
As he tries to sell chocolates to to pay off his debts, Wonka discovers that a tiny thief has been stealing his wares.
Lofty reveals that Wonka had previously stolen chocolates from the Oompa-Loompas that he was supposed to be watching over, so the tiny creatures banished him until he could get the sweets creator to repay his debt in chocolate.
Lofty manages to escape Wonka’s trap, only to rejoin him later to help him defeat a corrupt chocolate cartel.
Wonka was initially blasted over its first trailer and ad campaign, which attempted to hide the fact that the movie is a musical by not highlighting its songs.
Other social media users lambasted the film and Chalamet for what they perceived as groan-worthy jokes and a wooden performance in the trailer.
However, critics who have finally had a chance to see the film have been largely positive, countering those early uninformed opinions. The film now holds a 76 percent fresh rating from the most prestigious critics surveyed by Rotten Tomatoes.
Despite the praise, Hugh recently revealed that he had no interest in appearing in Wonka and only took the role to help pay for his family luxurious lifestyle.
The silver fox wore a black patterned tie and a white shirt with the classic outfit
He stars as the Oompa-Loompy Lofty in the upcoming prequel Wonka, inspired by Roald Dahl’s novel Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Timothée Chalamet plays the title character
Hugh confessed to Metro recently that he ‘hated’ the experience of filming Wonka (pictured) and objected to wearing the motion capture suit, which he likened to a ‘crown of thorns’
The Four Weddings And A Funeral star, who has five children ranging from five to 13, told Metro: ‘I slightly hate [making films] but I have lots of children and need money.’
Speaking of the motion capture suit required to digitally transform him into an Oompa-Loompa, he said: ‘It was like a crown of thorns, very uncomfortable.
‘I made a big fuss about it. I couldn’t have hated the whole thing more… and frankly, what I did with my body was terrible, and it’s all been replaced with an animator,’ he vented.
But if audiences react the way critics have to Wonka, Hugh will likely being crying all the way to the bank.
