Hugh Grant says Robert Downey Jr. 'hated' him: 'I was so hurt'

Hugh Grant attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Paddington 2" on January 6. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI Robert Downey, Jr., attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Doctor Strange" on October 20, 2016. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI Hugh Grant (L) and Anna Eberstein attend the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Robert Downey, Jr., attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Spider-Man: Homecoming" on June 28, 2017. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Hugh Grant says his former co-star Robert Downey, Jr., "hated" him.

The 57-year-old British actor said in a new episode of The Jess Cagle Interview that Downey "wanted to kill" him on the set of the 1995 movie Restoration.

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"[He] hated me. Hated me. We did a thing called Restoration and he took one look at me and wanted to kill me," Grant told host Jess Cagle, also People magazine's editor-in-chief.

"I don't know [why]," he added. "I was so hurt."

Grant and Downey starred with Sam Neill, David Thewlis, Meg Ryan and Ian McKellen in Restoration, which is based on the Rose Tremaine novel of the same name. Downey responded to Grant's comments in a tweet Thursday.

"A lot has happened over two decades! I respect how Mr. Grant has matured as an artist & voice against violations of privacy. Let's break bread together soon @HackedOffHugh! #burythehatchet2018," the 52-year-old actor wrote.

A lot has happened over two decades! I respect how Mr. Grant has matured as an artist & voice against violations of privacy. Let’s break bread together soon @HackedOffHugh! #burythehatchet2018
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) January 11, 2018

Grant also said his Music and Lyrics co-star Drew Barrymore hated him "a bit," explaining, "She was very L.A. and I was a grumpy old Londoner." The actor most recently starred as the voice of Phoenix Buchanan in Paddington 2, which opened Friday.