BAFTA award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema to “the underrepresented” tonight (April 10).The actor collected the trophy at the “opening night” ceremony, which precedes tomorrow’s (April 11) main show.In a moving and powerful speech, the British actor reflected on his last BAFTAs win, which came in 2009 when he won the Rising Star Award.
Speaking about accepting that award, he said: “I bounced off my chair and I popped my collar as I went up. For years, I never really understood why I did that.
I couldn’t articulate it.“For years, people have told me how arrogant it was, that I shouldn’t have done it and I’ve always said to myself, if I ever got back on this stage again, I’d apologise for it.
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