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The Guardian
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘Greatest teen movie ever': why Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is my feelgood movie
Last year, it took me a grand total of three weeks to make the olive costume, Georgia Nicolson's papier-mache creation from Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. Night and day, I slaved away, dipping strips of newspaper into a mix of flour and water, then patting it onto a giant-sized balloon. Never have I defined myself as anything close to arty. So why did I decide to dedicate a significant portion of my life to an elaborate craft project? The answer, of course, is simple. The olive costume is iconic, as the signature feature of the greatest teen movie ever made. Just ask any girl who grew up in Britain in the noughties, and they'll recognise the image: Georgia Nicholson, played by Georgia Groome, frantically running through the streets of Eastbourne dressed as a mammoth green hors d'oeuvre. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, the film based on the first two books in Louise Rennison's series, was studied at our teenage sleepovers. We pored over it, reciting its lines as if they were from a sacred text. Even now, I can reel off the classic quotes without thinking. 'Boys don't like girls for funniness,' if you didn't already know. Directed by Gurinder Chadha, the film encapsulated the essence of girlhood, with all its sweaty-palmed anxieties and humiliations. Fourteen-year-old Georgia is riding the rollercoaster of adolescence in all of its glory. There are birthday parties to plan, boys to 'stalk' and fall head over heels for, and embarrassing mums and dads to control. To the 12-year-old version of me, these were the important issues. So, freshly released from our parents' clutches, my friends and I joined the cinema queues to meet our soon-to-be idol. Georgia Nicolson spoke for all of us – about mistakenly shaved eyebrows and the horror of being caught wearing huge knickers; a hero of our age and time. With its killer soundtrack, featuring the likes of the Maccabees, the Rumble Strips and Lily Allen, it became the film that defined the summer of 2008. We watched the film religiously, on our own or all together, copying the games Georgia and the Ace Gang played and rating our limited sexual experiences on 'the snogging scale' they'd devised. The Ace Gang had characteristics that we recognised in ourselves: they were people ashamed of their very existence but desperate to climb into adult life. Over the years, the film's narrative became an easy point of comparison. When the first of my female friends got a boyfriend and became significantly less interested in the rest of us, she was a traitor 'just like Jas' in the movie. Fake tan mishaps turned our skin a shade 'even cheesier' than Georgia's 'Wotsits' legs. Recently, I heard that a boy I know was writing a song about someone he's dating. 'Let's hope it is more Ultraviolet than Bitch in a Uniform,' I joked with a friend. Why exactly did it seep into our vernacular? Maybe it was because it was the first film we saw that took our teenage problems seriously. While others treated girls' stresses as something trivial, Chadha's movie made them feel epic, on the scale we actually felt them. Watching Georgia worry about passing off as normal was refreshing, and in times of crisis – like if I had argued with one of my friends or the boy I was obsessing over that school year got a new girlfriend – I'd play the movie again and again. Importantly, for our spiralling young minds, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging was not all doom and gloom and even provided us with glimmers of hope. Because, guess what? The ending proves that Georgia's 'sex god' boyfriend, Robbie, actually likes her 'just the way' she is. This, somehow, meant that we might also be OK as ourselves. The hormonal chaos of teenagehood now feels long ago. But a session watching Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging takes me right back to the era of Motorola Razr phones, fluorescent-coloured tights and when kissing with tongues felt like a terrifying milestone. It was a time that felt truly mortifying but gloriously eye-opening, too. And so, I tried to relive it, for nostalgia's sake. Like Georgia, I wore my olive costume to a fancy dress party, where many of the other guests were dressed as devils and cats. But, unlike Georgia, my outfit was well received – celebrated even – by basically every woman in attendance. That's the magic of Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging for our generation. It reminds us of the joyous madness of our school days, when everything was awkward, messy and packed with heart. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is available on Hoopla and Kanopy in the US or to rent digitally or on Amazon Prime and Paramount+ in the UK
South China Morning Post
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is Georgia Groome, Rupert Grint's long-term partner? The Nottingham native, from an acting family, just had her second child with the Harry Potter star – but why does she hate posing for photos?
Rupert Grint's family is growing. The actor, 36, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, recently welcomed his second child with his partner, Georgia Groome, 33. On April 28, he shared a photo of the couple's new bundle of joy on Instagram, captioning it, 'Secret Child Slightly Revealed'. The news came as a surprise to fans because the couple had kept Groome's second pregnancy under wraps; they're also parents of daughter Wednesday, who was born in 2020. While Grint didn't reveal the baby's gender in his post, he let fans in on her name – Goldie G. Grint – before giving a cheeky shout-out to Groome's doctor, Alex Digesu. A day before the announcement on Instagram, Grint and Groome were pictured taking a leisurely walk in Hampstead, London, with their newborn, according to The Sun. Advertisement The public outing was a rare exception for the ultra-private couple, who prefer to keep their personal lives under wraps. So what do we know about two-time mum Georgia Groome? What's her background? Georgia Groome hails from Nottingham, England. Photo: @Georgia_Groome/X Groome was born on February 11, 1992, in Nottingham, England. Her father, Paul Groome, was a chef and ran a pub. Her mother, Fiona Watson, teaches drama and musical theatre and is involved in coaching, directing and casting for Nottingham's Television Workshop. Groome's sister Alexandra Groome and half-sister Eden Watson are actresses. Groome's mum Fiona married Nick Watson – a composer of music for film and other media – in 2000, having had Eden in 1999. Georgia is a dancer who specialised in ballet, tap, modern and jazz and also studied musical-theatre singing, according to her IMDB biography. As a child she was athletic, playing girls' football and rugby in a boys' team. She studied at the Derby Youth Theatre and attended Trent College in Long Eaton, Nottingham, per This is Derbyshire. She's an actress
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint welcomes second child with Georgia Groome; shares first photo of baby Goldie G Grint
Congratulations are in order for Harry Potter star Rupert Grint , who has welcomed his second child with his partner, actress Georgia Groome . The couple, who have been private about their family life , were spotted out and about in Hampstead, with their newborn baby. The two also have a four-year-old daughter, Wednesday. Photographs obtained by The Sun show the 36-year-old actor beaming as he cradled the infant, wrapped snugly in a blanket, during a family stroll. Although at first, details about the baby were under wraps, on seeing the online chatter, took to his handle to share the first photo of the baby. "Secret Child Slightly Revealed' Introducing Goldie G. Grint. A 10/10 baby (so far)," he captioned the photo that saw the little one in a onesie with 'GOLDIE' embroidered in gold. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Google Brain Co-Founder Andrew Ng, Recommends: Read These 5 Books And Turn Your Life Around Blinkist: Andrew Ng's Reading List Undo The photos also revealed that the little one appears to have inherited their father's trademark red hair. Grint, who currently stars in the psychological horror series Servant, has previously spoken candidly about the impact of parenthood. In an interview with People magazine, he admitted that becoming a father has made him "a bit of a hypochondriac." He said, "Having a baby, you're worried about her at all times. Everything seems dangerous. " Speaking to Esquire, Grint also recalled the overwhelming fear of bringing daughter, Wednesday home for the first time. "The first night was just terrifying. You can't sleep at all, just constantly checking that she's breathing," he revealed, adding that he has struggled with sleep since childhood. Rupert Grint and Georgia Groome, who have been together for over a decade, continue to keep their family life largely private, but are often seen out and about town, enjoying some personal time together.
Daily Mail
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint is a dad again! Actor 'secretly welcomes second child' with girlfriend Georgia Groome five years after birth of daughter Wednesday
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint is said to have secretly welcomed a second child with long term girlfriend Georgia Groome, five years after the birth of daughter Wednesday. The actor, 36, who played Ron Weasley in the magical movies, was spotted on his first outing with the newborn on Sunday. In snaps obtained by The Sun Rupert and Georgia doted on the tot who was wrapped up in a blanket as they enjoyed a sunny stroll in Hampstead.
