Richard E. Grant Details Alcoholic Father’s Multiple Murder Attempts, Including Shooting, in Childhood Revelations

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Richard E. Grant Opens Up About Traumatic Childhood and Loss
(Include image: Richard E. Grant and Davina McCall in 2023)

Actor Richard E. Grant, 64, has shared harrowing details of his childhood in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), revealing his alcoholic father, Henrik, attempted to shoot him multiple times. Speaking on Davina McCall’s Begin Again podcast, Grant recounted an incident at age 15 when he poured 11 bottles of his father’s Scotch down the sink. Enraged, Henrik held a gun to his son’s head. “I ducked, [the shot] went off,” Grant recalled. His father later cornered him in the garden, threatening, “I’m going to blow your brains out,” but missed due to intoxication.

Grant also described another terrifying encounter after sneaking out to watch A Clockwork Orange (rated 18+) by lying to the ticket seller. Upon returning home, Henrik fired a gun at his temple but missed. “I pleaded, ‘Do it, just get this over with,’” Grant admitted.

(Include image: Childhood photo of Richard with parents Leonne and Henrik)

Family Turmoil and Trauma
The Saltburn star’s childhood was further marred by discovering his mother, Leonne, in an “intimate situation” with his father’s best friend. “I knew I was seeing something I shouldn’t,” he said. Despite Henrik’s violence, Grant preferred living with him over his mother, calling their home an “isolated environment” with “limited access to entertainment.”

Henrik died