British Oscar Winner Reveals Why He Hid In the Bathroom Prior To Receiving Academy Award
deadline.comCharlie Mackesy won even more hearts with his Instagram message on a napkin to his 1.8million followers from the Oscars – more specifically, from inside the toilet where he was hiding prior to his category being announced.
Now the winner of the award for best animated short film – for his heartwarming tale The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse – has told the crowd at Latitude Festival that he was too petrified by the cameras and crowds of people to stay in the auditorium in the minutes leading up to the announcement.
The BBC reports Mackesy telling the audience: “I didn’t think I could even go on stage. I was quite daunted by it.” And Mackesy added of receiving his Oscar: “Sometimes I don’t even like to look at the statue, I’ve just got it at home wrapped in a t-shirt.
It hasn’t sunk in and I don’t think it ever will.” A post shared by Charlie Mackesy (@charliemackesy) The film, starring the voices of Idris Elba, Tom Hollander and Gabriel Byrne, was adapted from Mackesy’s book of the same name and tells the story of four animals who help a lost boy find his way home, and the author shared how he had been inspired to bring the story in his head to life. “I wanted it to feel like the characters had walked off the page.
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