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Edward Keplinger, we hardly knew ye. On the fourth episode of The Regime<\/em>, \u201cMidnight Feast,\u201d Hugh Grant<\/strong> finally appears as the former chancellor, who resides in a prison underneath the palace. Yet Grant\u2019s stay on The Regime<\/em> was surprisingly short-lived. \u00a0After befriending newly imprisoned Herbert Zuback (Matthias Schoenaerts<\/strong>), the Butcher murders Keplinger in a fit of rage\u2014getting back into Chancellor Elena\u2019s good graces as she continues to lose her grip on her country. Grant stops by a new episode of Still Watching<\/em> to discuss his short but impactful stint on The Regime,<\/em> reuniting with Kate Winslet<\/strong> after almost three decades, and dying on camera for the first time. \u00a0<\/p>\n It surprised even Grant when he realized that over the course of his four-decade career, he\u2019d never perished on camera before The Regime.<\/em> \u201cI had no idea how to do it,\u201d Grant told Still Watching<\/em> hosts Hillary Busis<\/strong> and Chris Murphy.<\/strong> Though the scene is gripping, the famously curmudgeonly actor was less convinced by his own performance. \u201cI said, Stephen<\/strong> [Frears,<\/strong> the show\u2019s director], I think I\u2019m going to be shit. He said, \u2018No, no, it\u2019s wonderful.\u2019 But I think it was shit, because I\u2019ve noticed they put in an extra shot of someone\u2019s hand. And it\u2019s not even mine.\u201d<\/p>\n Hand-double or no, Grant had a pleasant time shooting The Regime,<\/em> particularly reuniting with Winslet 29 years after they costarred in Sense and Sensibility.<\/em> \u201cShe had done Heavenly Creatures,<\/em> but she was new enough for Ang Lee<\/strong> to say things to her,\u201d Grant said. \u201cHe\u2019s a lovely man, as you may know. But partly because of the language barrier, he came across as quite blunt. He said to Kate at the end of her first week, \u2018You will get better.\u2019\u201d Grant also recalled Lee giving some tough constructive criticism to himself and costar Emma Thompson.<\/strong> \u201cHe also said to me and Emma Thompson after our first scene, \u2018Very boring.\u2019 So, he was quite blunt.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Grant imagined that Keplinger and Elena had a complicated past together, perhaps even actual love lost between the two. \u201cI always had as a back story that he\u2019d probably had an affair with Elena years ago, at university or something, but that maybe he hasn\u2019t been a great success in bed,\u201d says Grant. \u201cI think that Keplinger might be a bit lapsang souchong between the sheets, and was a bit jealous of Zubak, who probably isn\u2019t.” \u00a0<\/p>\n As for whether Keplinger was a better chancellor than Elena, Grant remains unconvinced. \u201cI think he was stale buns,\u201d said Grant. \u201cI think he\u2019d had his go at chancellor and there was probably about five minutes when the people thought he was the bee\u2019s knees. And then I think they thought, \u2018Uh, he\u2019s a bit of a wanker, really. He\u2019s not really one of us. He\u2019s university educated and part of the liberal elite.\u2019\u201d The actor doesn\u2019t necessarily disagree with this assessment either. \u201cHe\u2019s a bit snobby and he kind of despises the uneducated, especially when they go populist and, and, you know, vote for an Elena or some bullshitter like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Are Elena and Zuback officially back on? Has Chancellor Elena fully lost control of her regime? Only two episodes remain in this season of The Regime.<\/em> As always, send any questions, comments, or thoughts about the series to Still Watching<\/em> at stillwatchingpod@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n