Moral maze ... Hugh Grant laments his past association with Rupert Murdoch. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesHugh Grant has said that he regrets starring in Nine Months, a romantic comedy released in 1995, because it was made by 20th Century Fox, the studio owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
"It would certainly stick in my craw to work for Fox," the actor told Entertainment Weekly. "I did make one film for them 16 years ago, but I was naive then. I didn't even know who owned it [the studio]."
Grant is one of a number of celebrities considering suing News International (the British newspaper arm of News Corp) for illegally accessing his voicemail. The actor has become a high-profile campaigner against the Murdoch empire after he secretly recorded a former News of the World journalist claiming that illegal phone-hacking was a matter of course at the paper. The red top was closed last week after the Guardian revealed that some journalists working at the paper had hacked the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. Grant has also pledged financial support for Hacked Off, the pressure group calling for a judicial inquiry into News International's activities.
Nine Months is a knockabout romcom directed by Chris Columbus. Grant plays a child psychologist who has to face his fear of having children when his girlfriend (Julianne Moore) becomes pregnant. It performed fairly well at the box office, but was slated by critics.
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