HENLEIGH MALLINGER GRANDCOURT
CREATED BY:
George Eliot
PORTRAYED BY:
Hugh Bonneville
AS SEEN IN:
"Daniel Deronda"
TV STATUS:
Recastaway
TV DIMENSION:
Alternate Toobworld
From Wikipedia:
Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt — Sir Hugo's nephew and heir-presumptive, a
wealthy, manipulative, sadistic man. Grandcourt marries Gwendolen Harleth and
then embarks upon a campaign of emotional abuse. He has a mistress, Lydia
Glasher, with whom he has several children. He had promised to marry Lydia when
her husband died but reneged on the promise in order to marry Gwendolyn
instead.
From Shmoop.com:
It's OK if you hate Grandcourt. We don't like him at all, either – that
just goes to show how well George Eliot created this villain. Everything about
him is mean, and he just oozes with sleaze. Grandcourt seems fine enough when we
first meet him, but pretty soon it becomes clear that he is a selfish jerk who
doesn't care about anyone but himself and his own gain.
For more of this character analysis, click here.
Robert Hardy played the original version of the character in the main
Toobworld back in 1970.
BCnU
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