Another Notch for Hugh's Rom-Com Belt

Hugh Grant and Ziyi Zhang to costar in new romantic comedy, Lost for Words

By Gina Serpe Jun 10, 2008 3:48 PMTags
Hugh Grant, Zhang ZiyiFranziska Krus/ZUMAPress.com, AP Photo/Peter Kramer

Hugh Grant playing a charming yet lovelorn British fop in a romantic comedy? Will wonders never cease.

The thesp is once again sticking with his patented winning formula in Lost for Words, playing a British movie star (that's acting, folks!) who agrees to act in a Chinese film and begins a flirtation with the translator—only to realize he's actually in love with the non-English-speaking director, played by Ziyi Zhang.

According to Variety, go-to Grant collaborator and the U.K.'s leading purveyor of romantic comedies Richard Curtis will produce the film, which shoots in September.