Oscars 2021: Brits triumph as pregnant Emerald Fennell, Daniel Kaluuya and Anthony Hopkins win
Oscars 2021: Brits triumph as pregnant Emerald Fennell wins Best Screenplay, Daniel Kaluuya takes home Best Supporting Actor while no-show Anthony Hopkins, 83, lands his second Best Actor gong – as he shares late acceptance video from Wales
- The trio led the triumphant British winners at the 93rd annual Academy Awards at the Union Station in Los Angeles on Sunday evening
- Pregnant Emerald, 35, won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Promising Young Woman, while Daniel, 32, took home the Best Actor In A Supporting Role for Judas And The Black Messiah
- Anthony, 83, landed his second Best Actor In A Leading Role for The Father – although he was a no-show at the event
- The British-born screen legend is now the oldest-ever screen performer to win an acting Oscar, beating out the late Christopher Plummer
- Chadwick Boseman, the posthumous nominee for Ma Rainey‘s Black Bottom, was considered the favourite to win at the film awards event Sunday night
- Anthony has been nominated for a total of six Academy Awards, his win marks his second gong after clinching the same award in 1992, for his timeless role as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence Of The Lambs
Pregnant Emerald Fennell, Daniel Kaluuya and Anthony Hopkins led the triumphant British winners at the 93rd annual Academy Awards at the Union Station in Los Angeles on Sunday evening.
Emerald, 35, won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Promising Young Woman, Daniel, 32, took home the Best Actor In A Supporting Role for Judas And The Black Messiah while Anthony, 83, landed his second Best Actor In A Leading Role for The Father – although he was a no-show and later shared a late acceptance video from Wales.
Anthony’s, who admitted he ‘did not expect’ his gong, win marks the star’s second gong after clinching the same award in 1992, for his timeless role as flesh-eating serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence Of The Lambs.
Chadwick Boseman, the posthumous nominee for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, was considered the favourite to win at the awards event on Sunday night.
Winners! Emerald Fennell and Daniel Kaluuya (L-R) led the triumphant British winners at the 93rd annual Academy Awards at the Union Station in Los Angeles on Sunday evening
No-show! Anthony Hopkins, 83, landed his second Best Actor In A Leading Role for The Father – although he was a no-show at the event and later shared a late acceptance video from Wales
To make matters more surprising, Anthony was not even present at the awards show, held in Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, California, when the trophy was presented by last year’s winner Joaquin Phoenix.
It comes after the actor became the oldest man in history to be awarded Best Leading Actor at the 2021 British Academy Film Awards earlier this month although he was again a no-show as he failed to appear at the virtual ceremony and later revealed he had been working on a painting in his hotel room in Wales.
After his no-show win on Sunday night, the award-winning actor shared a late acceptance video on Monday morning from Wales as he admitted that he ‘really did not expect’ his win.
Speaking in a short clip surrounding by sprawling countryside, Anthony said: ‘Good morning, here I am in my homeland of Wales and at 83-years-of-age I did not expect to get this award. I really didn’t.
Shock: To make matters more surprising, Anthony was not even present at the awards show, held in Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, California, when the trophy was presented by last year’s winner Joaquin Phoenix, pictured
Unforgettable: Anthony’s win marks the 83-year-old star’s second gong after clinching the same award in 1992, for his timeless role as flesh-eating serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence Of The Lambs (pictured)
‘I am grateful to the Academy and thank you. I want to pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman who was taken from us far too early, and again, thank you all very much. I really did not expect this, so I feel very privileged and honoured. Thank you.’
Anthony once again made history on Sunday night as he became the oldest-ever star to win an Oscar for acting at the star-studded annual event.
That record was previously held by the late Christopher Plummer, who won his Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for 2011’s Beginners.
In The Father, Hopkins portrays an ageing man who refuses assistance from his daughter as he begins to lose his own agency.
The film was nominated for a total of six awards on Sunday, also nabbing the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar which went to Christopher Hampton and the film’s co-writer and director, Florian Zeller.
In The Father: Hopkins portrays an aging man who refuses assistance from his daughter as he begins to lose his own agency; seen here in the film with Olivia Colman
Hopkins is no stranger to creating buzz on Oscars night, as his victory for Jonathan Demme’s Best Picture winner The Silence Of The Lambs in 1992 created a bit of controversy as well.
His performance as Lecter, opposite Jodie Foster‘s Oscar-winning role as Clarice Starling, enjoys not even a half hour of screen time in the film.
At 24 minutes and 52 seconds, Hopkins’ performance trails just one other – David Niven’s role in 1958’s Separate Tables – as the shortest to win an Oscar.
Second-shortest role ever to win an Oscar: His performance as Lecter in The Silence Of The Lambs enjoyed not even a half hour of screen time in the film
The 93rd Academy Awards marked the first time Tinseltown’s finest assembled in over a year, for a three-hour show that co-producer Steven Soderbergh described as being ‘like a movie.’
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosted the delayed ceremony at the historic Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, where socially distanced movie stars went mask-free while on-camera or seated in the main show room.
An official spokesperson called this year’s event ‘an Oscars like none other, while prioritising the public health and safety of all those who will participate.’