Honestly, find us someone who had a better night at the BAFTAs than Robert Aramayo. He won the EE Rising Star Award for his sensitive, exceptional performance — and delivered the night’s biggest shock by taking Best Actor ahead of stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B. Jordan and Timothée Chalamet.
Aramayo’s face was a picture of genuine disbelief as he embraced his family on the way to the stage. He gestured toward DiCaprio in the front row as someone he was stunned to be sharing a category with.
“I honestly cannot believe I have won this award,” he said. “Everyone in this category blows me away.”
He accepted the honour in tears, and, honestly, so did we. The inspiration for I SwearJohn Davidson, could be seen jumping for joy in the audience.
Paul Mescal loses the joke
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During one of his link segments, host Alan Cumming asked Paul Mescal if he had heard of British producing legend Alexander Korda, for whom the award for Outstanding British Film is named. Mescal admitted he hadn’t, prompting Cumming to remark on how young the 30-year-old star was.
Later, when it was time to present the award to Chloé Zhao’s HamnetCumming attempted to return to the joke, particularly as Mescal appears in the film. Instead, he joked that Mescal was “on his phone.” The actor looked mortified to have been caught not paying full attention to the ceremony.
Another phone user
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