A Boy’s Fan Letter To Barbra Streisand Gets A Response – Thanks To Oscar!
I love this story!
After receiving his first ever Oscar nomination for his role in film “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”, 62-year-old Richard E. Grant has just shared a sweet note he received from screen legend Barbra Streisand – after he shared on Twitter a letter that he’d sent to her at just 14.
The Oscar nominee, who is terrific by the way posted a picture of himself outside Streisand’s Hollywood estate. Grant also posted the 47-year-old fan letter that had he sent her = which was never answered until now! In the letter, notice how he offers a holiday in then Swaziland, the African country where he grew up!
Well, he had to wait a while, but the legendary Actress/Director/Singer finally got back to Grant, and congratulated him on his nomination.
As the Daily Mail reported:
For the second time in two weeks, Grant was left in floods of tears when Streisand told him: ‘Look at you now!’ and saying: ‘you’re terrific in your latest movie’.
She wrote on Twitter: ‘Dear Richard What a wonderful letter you wrote me when u were 14 ! and look at u now! You’re terrific in your latest movie with Melissa congratulations and love Barbra.’
As always, The Daily Mail had this great Hollywood story – thanks as always and everyone should check out their website now!
Richard E. Grant is a terrific Actor, and his autobiography, “With Nails” is a hilarious look at life in Hollywood…it’s a play on the film that made him a star:
“Withnail & I” is a brilliant British black comedy – the story of two struggling Actors who make a disastrous trip to the english countryside to visit “Uncle Monty”!
Here is a look at the film, and the cult following that led to a book all about it:
Bravo to Richard E. Grant for a fanboy’s dream finally coming true!
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Aw, sweet indeed.
“In anticipation of a hasty reply”, well, I guess decades later is better than never! He wrote incredibly proficiently for a 14 year old… And then Twitter comes along and Streisand replies with ‘look at u now’. This is brilliant, thanks for sharing as I hadn’t read this anywhere in the news! 🙂
Caz xx
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Yes, I loved this story, and if you have the chance, read his autobiography “With Nails” – it’s been out for years, and it’s a hilarious inside look at working in movies!
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Dreams- so powerful.
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And you never quite know when they can come true, so why give up on them?
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This sort of makes me want to go for a holiday at Richard’s childhood home too! It sounds like heaven!
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Indeed – he was quite articulate for a 14 year old!
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A very lovely letter! 🙂
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Yes, and it shows that if you never give up on your dreams, anything can happen! I was lucky enough to meet Barbra several times and she is quite lovely
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Yes I agree never give up on your dreams! And if you truly believe in it and yourself they will come true!
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And even if you don’t achieve them all, or life takes you in a different direction, what harm did it do?
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Exactly! There is no harm so then is good to dream on! 🙂
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That’s lovely, wonder what lot thought about the holiday. Very sweet, very innocent letter.
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Indeed!
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sorry John that was meant to read, wonder what she thought about the holiday.. yes indeed..
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That’s a sweet story indeed, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
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