Christine Baranski and Richard E Grant discuss Hay Fever and their careers
Christine Baranski and Richard E Grant are working together for the first time in Noël Coward’s comedy Hay Fever. In an interview, the actors discuss their long careers, theatre, sex scenes, parties, skinny-dipping, fat-shaming and conflicts involving co-stars. Baranski and Grant also reflect on never having crossed paths professionally before this production.
Christine Baranski and Richard E Grant are appearing together for the first time in Noël Coward’s comedy Hay Fever.
In a backstage interview, the actors discuss their careers and experiences in theatre, as well as sex scenes, parties, skinny-dipping, fat-shaming and disagreements involving co-stars.
Baranski tells Grant that their paths had not crossed before the production and describes them as veterans. The interview was published on 28 September 2026.
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