UNITED KINGDOM: LIZ HURLEY AND HUGH GRANT ATTEND 'EXTREME MEASURES' PREMIERE IN LONDON

Record ID: 665572

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: LIZ HURLEY AND HUGH GRANT ATTEND 'EXTREME MEASURES' PREMIERE IN LONDON
  • Date: 29th January 1997
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JANUARY 29, 1997) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOHGRAPHY*** VIEWS OF ODEON WEST END CINEMA WHERE THE PREMIERE TOOK PLACE CROWD OUTSIDE CINEMA LIZ HURLEY AND HUGH GRANT ARRIVING AT CINEMA, POSING FOR CAMERAS ACTRESS PAULA HAMILTON (MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN) ARRIVING MODEL JERRY HALL ARRIVING WITH MODEL MARIE HELVIN HURLEY AND GRANT IN FOYER OF CINEMA SURROUNDED BY JOURNALISTS HURLEY SPEAKING ABOUT GRANT'S ROLE, SAYING IT'S THE HUGH I HAVE BREAKFAST WITH EVERY DAY AND HAVE SUPPER WITH, AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF ATTRACTIVE IN WAY. ASKED HOW THAT'S LIKE THE HUGH SHE KNOWS, SHE REPLIES: I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT HIS CHARACTER IN 'FOUR WEDDINGS AND FUNERAL' WAS HIM, AND THAT IS DEFINITELY PART OF HIM, BUT I THINK IN THIS sCRIPT HE GOT TO SHOW SOMETHING THAT IS PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE INTELLIGENT MAYBE... HE WON'T LIKE THIS... A LITTLE MORE VULNERABLE AND JUST MORE REAL IN A WAY. AND HE IS CHARMING, HE IS FUNNY BECAUSE HE IS. I THINK IT WAS KIND OF NICE FOR HIM TO SHOW THE OTHER SIDE (ENGLISH) GRANT SAYING IT WAS A REALLY COOL SCRIPT, ENTERTAINING BUT ALSO BRAINY, IT'S MORE LIKE THE FILMS HOLLYWOOD USED TO MAKE (ENGLISH) PAIR WALKING INTO SEE FILM
  • Embargoed: 13th February 1997 12:00
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  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAE8FCXBFS9BSLBE1JT0GAQSS8U
  • Story Text: Hundreds of fans packed London's Leicester Square on Wednesday (January 29) to see Hugh Grant and his girlfriend Liz Hurley arrive for the UK premiere of their latest film "Extreme Measures." The medical thriller, starring Grant and Gene Hackman, marks Hurley's first outing as a producer.
    Grant plays Doctor Guy Luthan, a medic working in one of New York City's busiest hospital trauma rooms.
    When a homeless man wearing a wristband from another hospital dies in suspicious circumstances, Luthan begins investigating.
    Eventually he uncovers an illegal research programme, using live human subjects in experiments to find a cure for spinal injuries.
    The programme is being run by one of the country's leading medical figures, Dr. Lawrence Myrick, played by Hackman.
    The film co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker as Jodie Trammel, a nurse in Luthan's emergency room.
    "Extreme Measures" is the first film to come from Simian Films, a production company Grant and Hurley set up last year.
    The pair made news in 1995, when Grant was arrested in Hollywood after being caught in a car with prostitute Divine Brown.
    Despite massive publicity surrounding the incident, Hurley stood by her boyfriend.
    Hurley says she was drawn to the "Extreme Measures" script by the moral dilemmas involved in medical research.
    The film was directed by Michael Apted, whose previous credits include "Nell" with Jodie Foster and "Gorillas in the Mist" with Sigourney Weaver.
    Before production began, Apted insisted both cast and crew spent time in real hospital emergency rooms to lend authenticity to the film.
    "Extreme Measures" opens throughout the UK on January 31.
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