Richard E. Grant has finally had his teenage dream fulfilled.
The actor, who is a self-proclaimed lifelong fan of Barbra Streisand, revealed this week that he wrote a letter to the Funny Girl star when he was 14-years-old. Flash forward 47 years, and Grant has finally received the answer he’s been waiting for.
It all started with a tweet posted on Tuesday, in which Grant, 61, shared that he had taken a trip to Streisand’s home and snapped a pic outside of her residence — with permission, of course.
“As a lifelong fan of someone you’ll understand what it meant...
The actor, who is a self-proclaimed lifelong fan of Barbra Streisand, revealed this week that he wrote a letter to the Funny Girl star when he was 14-years-old. Flash forward 47 years, and Grant has finally received the answer he’s been waiting for.
It all started with a tweet posted on Tuesday, in which Grant, 61, shared that he had taken a trip to Streisand’s home and snapped a pic outside of her residence — with permission, of course.
“As a lifelong fan of someone you’ll understand what it meant...
- 1/31/2019
- by Joelle Goldstein
- PEOPLE.com
Do you hear that? That’s the sound of Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant singing “Barbra Streisand, Barbra Streisand. What a beautiful, beautiful name.” The “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” actor recently posted an adorable fan letter to twitter that he wrote to Streisand in 1971, when he was just 14 years old and three years after the release of “Funny Girl.”
“Dear Barbra Streisand,” Grant’s letter begins. “You don’t know me yet, but I am writing to offer you an idea you might like to consider.” He then goes on to explain that he lives in a “small African Kingdom called Swaziland,” and that he and his family have been very big fans of hers since seeing “Funny Girl.”
“I read in the paper that you were feeling very tired and pressurized by your fame and failed romance with Mr. Ryan O’Neal,” he writes with the sensitivity only a 14-year-old boy could muster.
“Dear Barbra Streisand,” Grant’s letter begins. “You don’t know me yet, but I am writing to offer you an idea you might like to consider.” He then goes on to explain that he lives in a “small African Kingdom called Swaziland,” and that he and his family have been very big fans of hers since seeing “Funny Girl.”
“I read in the paper that you were feeling very tired and pressurized by your fame and failed romance with Mr. Ryan O’Neal,” he writes with the sensitivity only a 14-year-old boy could muster.
- 1/30/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
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