The Scene In ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ That Melissa McCarthy Can’t Watch

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Melissa McCarthy’s performance in Can You Ever Forgive Me? has broken numerous hearts in the world already so it’s no surprise she’s nominated for an Oscar this year. Now, she’s opened up about a particular scene in the movie that’s hard to watch. 

“My favorite moment, which was the hardest moment, was our last scene,” she told People magazine. “The lovely Richard E. Grant, when you know he’s dying of AIDS, that whole scene, when we kind of rekindle as best as we can what our friendship was, and he says, ‘Make me 29 and don’t make me stupid.’ And I’m probably ruining the quote, but I can never get through it.”

Richard also earned an Oscar nomination for playing Melissa’s partner in crime in the film, and one of her only friends. The quote refers to how his character wants to be portrayed in her character’s memoir, on which the movie is based.

“He was so beautiful in that,” she said of Richard’s heartfelt performance. “That was the moment for me where I just thought, oh, he’s amazing.”