Hurley: 'Hugh Grant is like Austin Powers'

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Elizabeth Hurley has compared ex-boyfriend Hugh Grant to Austin Powers.

In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, she said: "Women flock to Hugh. He's like Austin Powers - everyone worships him."

The actress confessed that she could have had several more children if she had not split up with Grant.

"Sometimes Hugh and I can get morbid and say we could have had five children by now, because we were together since we were 21," she said.

She also admitted that Grant, her husband Arun Nayer and her son Damian - whose father is Hollywood producer Steve Bing - are three of the most important people in her life.

"If I'm alone with Hugh, Arun and Damian, I can turn off my cell phone... no-one else really matters," she said. "Damian was nine months old when I met Arun. He has never known a day in his life without Arun."

Hurley and Grant split in 2000 after 13 years.