BAFTAs 2026 memes and moments you have to see

Actually, discover us somebody who had a greater night time on the BAFTAs than Robert Aramayo. He received the EE Rising Star Award for his delicate, distinctive efficiency — and delivered the night time’s greatest shock by taking Finest Actor forward of stars together with Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B. Jordan and Timothée Chalamet.

Aramayo’s face was an image of real disbelief as he embraced his household on the best way to the stage. He gestured towards DiCaprio within the entrance row as somebody he was shocked to be sharing a class with.

“I truthfully can not consider I’ve received this award,” he mentioned. “Everybody on this class blows me away.”

He accepted the honour in tears, and, truthfully, so did we. The inspiration for I Swear, John Davidson, might be seen leaping for pleasure within the viewers.

Paul Mescal loses the joke

Throughout one among his hyperlink segments, host Alan Cumming requested Paul Mescal if he had heard of British producing legend Alexander Korda, for whom the award for Excellent British Movie is known as. Mescal admitted he hadn’t, prompting Cumming to comment on how younger the 30-year-old star was.

Later, when it was time to current the award to Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, Cumming tried to return to the joke, notably as Mescal seems within the movie. As an alternative, he joked that Mescal was “on his cellphone.” The actor regarded mortified to have been caught not paying full consideration to the ceremony.

One other cellphone consumer

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