‘I had my children too late,’ admits father-of-five Hugh Grant, 64

The 64-year-old actor, who received rave reviews for his role in the new horror movie infidelHe expressed the tiredness of embracing his five children at a late age.

Appearing on the SmartLess podcast, Grant was asked how many children he has and he jokingly replied: “We think five.

“I have seen them very old in life. “You know, I started when I was 52.”

Grant has three children: Blue, 6, Lulu, 8, and son John Mungo, 12, with his wife of 41 years, Anna Elisabet Eberstein. The couple got married in 2018.

He also has a daughter Tabitha Xiao Xi (13) and a son Felix Chang Hong (11) and his former partner Tinglan Hong (45).

The actor, who gave birth to his first child in 2011, later joked that he had to “stay in a sanatorium or monastery for a long time” because he would become a father of five children.

“I often look at the monastery where Maria lived. The Sound of Music and I wish I lived there,” he said.

But he added that being a father has given him “heart” and “more layers.”

I had kids and suddenly I had a heart and more layers and stuff

“I guess I was a dried-up, middle-aged, golf-addicted Englishman,” he said.

“Then I had kids and suddenly I had a heart and more layers and stuff.”

Grant recently announced that he had decided to put one. Austin Powers The name of his daughter Lulu is referenced.

“We thought it might be nice for him to say his middle name is Danger in bars when he gets older. So her name is Lulu Danger Grant. Do you know Austin Powers?” he said during an appearance Jimmy Kimmel Live.

in the first Austin Powers filmInternational Man of Mystery (1997), Powers (Mike Myers) corrects a man who asks if his name is Danger Powers.

When he tells her that his name is actually Austin Powers, she replies, “It says Danger Powers right here,” and Austin looks from Elizabeth Hurley to Vanessa Kensington and says, “No, no, no – Danger is my middle name.”

Grant also revealed that he almost named his other daughter in reference to his son’s favorite person. despicable Me character, Minion’s name was Kevin.

“While we were on the road, he said to his brother, ‘There’s a new baby coming, what should we name him?’ We asked and he said Kevin because that was his favorite Minion.

“We thought about naming him Kevin, but then we said, ‘You’d better think of something else,’ and he said Blue because it’s his favorite color.”