Nicholas Hoult Reveals What He andAbout a BoyCostar Hugh Grant Talked About at Their Recent Reunion (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Nov, 17, 2024.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty

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Nicholas Houltis revealing details about his recent “catch up” with former costarHugh Grant.

Twenty-two years after the pair costarred inAbout a Boy,Hoult, now 34, and Grant, now 64, attended the15th Governors Awardsin Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 17, where they reconnected.

Speaking with PEOPLE amid his partnership withHeinekento kick off theFormula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prixthis Saturday, Nov. 23, Hoult says of himself and Grant, “We both play golf, so there was a bit of golf” in their conversation.

“We’re both into cars. There was a bit of car talk,” he continues. “Family, just catch-up on general life, where we’re living, children, all that sort of stuff.”

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The actor also raved about how “lovely” it has been to reconnect with some of hisAbout a Boycostars in projects as an adult, includingRachel Weiszin 2018’sThe FavouriteandToni Collettein the recently releasedClint Eastwood-directed legal thrillerJuror #2.

“It’s great, because they were very kind to me and caring at a formative moment in my life, in a very special moment in my childhood,” Hoult says. “So to get to see them now as adults and have a different relationship because I’m the same person, but I’ve grown up now, [is great].”

“To be able to connect with them and appreciate them as people in a new light from a different standpoint, it’s lovely,” he adds. “I’m very glad I got to have all those reunions.”

As for his latest venture with Heineken and Formula 1, Hoult says he “got into” racing as a child, as his “dad used to watch the races.”

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Nicholas Hoult at the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024 on Nov. 23, 2024.Race Service for Heineken

Race Service for Heineken

“That was his ritual on a Sunday,” says the English actor. “They would normally be on, I seem to remember, around lunchtime in the U.K. And he’d make a sandwich, sit down and watch the race. So I got into the habit of doing it with him.”

“Then fortunately, through some connections and life and stuff, I’ve managed to go to a couple of races and I’ve teamed up with Ferrari a little bit, and I’ve been learning to drive with them,” Hoult continues. “But the whole atmosphere of it is electric and special. You can’t quite compare the sound and the electricity around a racetrack, and then the high drama of any sport event, obviously.”

As for whoThe Orderactor will be gunning for in Saturday’s race while he watches in Las Vegas?

“I always root for Ferrari,” he says of the team that helped him “realize [his] dream” of car racing. “That’s who I’m loyal to. But I also like watching the British drivers [like]Lewis Hamilton. And obviously,Lando Norrisis having a great season as well, so I like to see those guys do well.”

Hoult also stars inNosferatu, which opens in theaters on Dec. 25.

source: people.com