Nicholas Hoult told Toni Collette that every time he sees her in a movie he says, 'That's my mom!'

Collette, replacingEmma Thompson, played Marcus' depressed, suicidal mother Fiona.

“I kinda felt ripped off.

My character was the saddo,” Collette joked.

(l-r) Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette.Dia Dipasupil/Getty; Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty

“I love watching Nick Hoult grow and soar and evolve as an actor and as a person.

I’m so proud of him,” Collette told EW.

It’s so funny, because that’s how I feel about him!"

(l-r) Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, and Nicholas Hoult in ‘About a Boy’.Universal/courtesy Everett Collection