Hugh Grant nicely and actually stole the present on Baftas evening, when he confirmed as much as current the award for Finest Director.
Final 12 months, the previous Bafta winner performed an Oompa Loompa reverse Timothée Chalamet within the musical Willy Wonka origin story Wonka – and has made no secret of the very fact that it wasn’t precisely a high-point of his prolonged movie profession.
Throughout Sunday evening’s Bafta ceremony, Hugh launched the Finest Director award whereas concurrently sending up his grumpy media persona and his latest big-screen position.
“Oompa Loompa doompity-dee, now the most effective director categor–y,” a deadpan Hugh started.
“Oompa Loompa doompity-dong, most of those movies have been frankly too lengthy. Oompa Loompa doompity-dah, however for some motive the nominees are…”
The second sparked an enormous response on social media:
Final 12 months, Hugh brought about an analogous stir when he reunited along with his former 4 Weddings And A Funeral co-star Andie MacDowell to current an award on the Oscars.
Catching the viewers off guard, he joked: “Andie’s been sporting [a good moisturiser] for the final 29 years, and I’ve by no means used one in my life.”
“Nonetheless gorgeous,” he stated, gesturing in the direction of the US star, earlier than pointing to himself and remarking: “Principally a scrotum.”
Oppenheimer was the runaway success at this 12 months’s Baftas, choosing up 5 of the 13 awards it was nominated for.
This included Finest Image and Finest Director for Christopher Nolan, whereas solid members Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr additionally obtained particular person performing wins.
Try the complete record of this 12 months’s Bafta winners right here.
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