RICHARD GRANT TALKS ABOUT SWAZI ROOTS IN INTERVIEW

SITEKI – Renowned British actor, screenwriter and director, Richard E Grant, who was born and further studied in the country, has revealed his Swazi roots in an interview about the launch of his perfume ‘Covent Garden’.

Grant, who is reported to have achieved international recognition for his role as John Steward in the 1992 blockbuster Bram Stoker’s Dracula, attended school St Mark’s Primary in Mbabane before completing high school education at Waterford Kamhlaba United World College of Southern Africa (UWCSA).

According to information sourced from Wikipedia, Grant later studied English and Drama at the prestigious University of Cape Town before moving back to England to pursue a career in acting and film making.
CITY AM, an online publication, reported last Thursday that Grant had mentioned his childhood while growing up in Swaziland during an interview about ‘Covent Garden’.

“He is telling me about his anxieties over being interviewed, speaking quietly in his rich, woody voice that still carries the faintest trace of his upbringing in Swaziland,” wrote Steve Dinneen, the journalist who interviewed Grant.

Grant is further quoted by the publication as having said: “In Swaziland, where I grew up, I tried to make perfume for a girl by burying bottles of gardenias but it just turned to rancid sludge water.” It was also reported by the publication that Grant had produced a semi-autobiography film about his childhood in Swaziland called Wah-Wah.

“Writing and directing Wah-Wah gave me a sense of achievement I haven’t felt before or since,” he was quoted as having said.

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