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
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!
Dreams- so powerful.
And you never quite know when they can come true, so why give up on them?
This sort of makes me want to go for a holiday at Richard’s childhood home too! It sounds like heaven!
Indeed – he was quite articulate for a 14 year old!
A very lovely letter! 🙂
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
Yes I agree never give up on your dreams! And if you truly believe in it and yourself they will come true!
And even if you don’t achieve them all, or life takes you in a different direction, what harm did it do?
Exactly! There is no harm so then is good to dream on! 🙂
That’s lovely, wonder what lot thought about the holiday. Very sweet, very innocent letter.
Indeed!
sorry John that was meant to read, wonder what she thought about the holiday.. yes indeed..
That’s a sweet story indeed, John.
Best wishes, Pete.