Reports have came out that Hugh Grant has taken himself off from “Lost for Words” a Universal Pictures flick that he is supposed to star. The reason for Grant’s departure is said to be caused by creative differences. Well, whatever the cause may be, it is pretty serious.

Grant had agreed last summer to play a British thespian approached to star in a film by a Chinese director. After a flirtation with her translator, the actor falls for the director. Ziyi Zhang is playing the director. Susanne Bier is directing the film, and Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing with Jonathan Cavendish. Jamie Curtis and Dan Mazer wrote the script.

As I said, this falling out could be serious as Grant’s best films — from “Love Actually” to “Notting Hill” and “Four Weddings and a Funeral” — have all come from Working Title. If Grant withdrew from this, then there must be something amiss with Grant’s relationship with the company.