Grant was ready to give up acting as a career when he received the script for Four Weddings and a Funeral; he stated in 2016 that: "I wasn't really getting any work at all, and then to my great surprise this script came through the letterbox from my agent, and it was really good. And I rang on and said there must be a mistake, you've sent me a good script." Initially, writer Richard Curtis, who had modelled the character of Charles after himself, was opposed to casting Grant in the role, because he thought Grant was too handsome. Curtis favoured casting Alan Rickman, but Rickman refused to audition. Curtis was eventually persuaded by Newell and the producers to approve Grant's casting.
grant was ready to give up acting as a career when he received the script for four weddings and a funeral; he stated in 2016 that "i wasn't really getting any work at all and then to my great surprise this script came through the letterbox from my agent and it was really good and i rang on and said there must be a mistake you've sent me a good script" initially writer richard curtis who had modelled the character of charles after himself was opposed to casting grant in the role because he thought grant was too handsome curtis favoured casting alan rickman but rickman refused to audition curtis was eventually persuaded by newell and the producers to approve grant's casting