In the film , Greystoke : The Legend of Tarzan , Lord of the Apes , John visits a Scottish country home .
On arrival at Greystoke , the family 's country estate in the Lowlands of Scotland , John is welcomed by his grandfather , the Earl of Greystoke ( Sir Ralph Richardson ) , and his ward , a young American woman called Jane ( played by Andie MacDowell and voiced by Glenn Close ) .