TALK OF THE TOWN: Motley do! Douglas Booth shows off his overgrown mop of hair 

TALK OF THE TOWN: Motley do! Douglas Booth shows off his overgrown mop of hair

While I admire heart-throb actor Douglas Booth for not breaking lockdown rules by making an illicit trip to the barber, that is not an acceptable excuse for ditching the hairbrush.

Douglas, 28, who shot to fame in a BBC adaptation of Great Expectations alongside The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby, and who recently played Nikki Sixx in Netflix’s Mötley Crüe film The Dirt, displayed a mop of hair that looks so overgrown it made me forget he has modelled for Burberry.

Completing the wild look with facial fuzz, sunglasses and face shield during a trip to Rome, he quipped: ‘Mi scusi, please do not lean on the glass.’

I bet he’s counting down the days until April 12…

Douglas, 28, shot to fame in a BBC adaptation of Great Expectations alongside The Crown's Vanessa Kirby, and who recently played Nikki Sixx in Netflix's Mötley Crüe film The Dirt

Douglas Booth (right), who shot to fame in a BBC adaptation of Great Expectations alongside The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby, and who recently played Nikki Sixx in Netflix’s Mötley Crüe film The Dirt, displayed a mop of hair (left) that looks so overgrown it made me forget he has modelled for Burberry

He will fight to protect his own privacy but Hugh Grant doesn’t mind interrogating his famous friends for juicy gossip. 

The actor confessed last week that he subjected Nicole Kidman to a grilling about her private life while filming The Undoing. 

Hugh Grant confessed last week that he subjected Nicole Kidman to a grilling about her private life while filming The Undoing

Hugh Grant confessed last week that he subjected Nicole Kidman to a grilling about her private life while filming The Undoing

‘My favourite moments of filming were getting Nicole to give me the dirt on her personal history,’ says Hugh, 60.

‘When it comes to gossip I’m insatiable.’