:00:00. > :00:00.in Covent Garden for the glittering night of Britain's film industry and
:00:00. > :00:18.join Jane Hill on the red carpet at the BAFTAs.
:00:19. > :00:24.Hello and welcome to the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden for
:00:25. > :00:28.the annual British Academy film awards. There are many, many
:00:29. > :00:32.hundreds of members of the public already gathered here today to see
:00:33. > :00:36.the galaxy of stars who will be arriving on the carpet, some of them
:00:37. > :00:39.telling me they have been here since Saturday morning, they are so
:00:40. > :00:44.determined to see the actors, actresses, directors who will be
:00:45. > :00:47.turning up here in the next few minutes. Entertainment correspondent
:00:48. > :00:52.Lizo Mzimba is among the huge numbers of press, and the people who
:00:53. > :00:58.have been queueing up will be well rewarded tonight. Yes, some of the
:00:59. > :01:01.biggest stars will be here, Leonardo DiCaprio from The Wolf Of Wall
:01:02. > :01:04.Street, Tom Hanks from Captain Phillips, the entire main cast of
:01:05. > :01:10.American Hustle, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams and Christian Bale, Chiwetel
:01:11. > :01:14.Ejiofor from 12 Years A Slave, along with Benedict Cumberbatch, lots of
:01:15. > :01:18.screams for him, I bet. And a couple of great British institutions, Dame
:01:19. > :01:21.Judi Dench and Dame Helen Mirren, who will be getting the highest
:01:22. > :01:26.accolade, the Fellowship. And you will be talking to many of those, we
:01:27. > :01:31.will chat to you later. Thank you very much. Lizo touching on some of
:01:32. > :01:35.the pictures that we are all familiar with, let's just remind
:01:36. > :01:43.ourselves of those that are in the category of best picture.
:01:44. > :01:55.V is a slave! Under the circumstances... Under the
:01:56. > :01:58.circumstances, he is a slaver! I will not fall to despair, I will
:01:59. > :02:43.offer up my talents! Do not... You must detach! If you do
:02:44. > :02:48.not, the arm will carry you to far! Listen to my voice, you need to
:02:49. > :02:57.focus! You need to detach, I cannot see you any more, do it now! I am
:02:58. > :03:00.trying... Huston, I have lost... You should be nice to the people you
:03:01. > :03:03.meet on the way up, because you may read them again on the way down. You
:03:04. > :03:08.of all people should understand that. I am sorry, I am just trying
:03:09. > :03:11.to help you find your son, that is why we are here. Can I have some
:03:12. > :03:20.quiet time? Those are the runners and riders for
:03:21. > :03:25.best picture. I will be discussing all of those in just a moment with
:03:26. > :03:29.Mark Kermode, who will be with me here on our rather fantastic vantage
:03:30. > :03:35.point near the entrance to the Royal Opera House this evening. If you are
:03:36. > :03:40.a regular follower of the BAFTAs, you will know how it goes, periodic
:03:41. > :03:43.screams as stars arrive. I mentioned at the beginning many hundreds,
:03:44. > :03:47.probably a thousand members of the public who have turned out here
:03:48. > :03:51.tonight at the other end of the red carpet down where Lizo is. They are
:03:52. > :04:00.going to be very well rewarded and already have been, Christoph Waltz
:04:01. > :04:05.has been signing autographs, he is presenting an award tonight,
:04:06. > :04:10.similarly Gillian Anderson. We have also seen one of the important
:04:11. > :04:14.nominees, director Steve McQueen, I spotted him having his photo taken
:04:15. > :04:20.with people, signing autographs, the director of, of course, of 12 Years
:04:21. > :04:24.A Slave. And worth reminding you as well, of course, as ever, there is
:04:25. > :04:28.always a special award at the end of the night, the fellow shop. This
:04:29. > :04:33.year that is going to Helen Mirren, Dame Helen Mirren, and it will be
:04:34. > :04:37.presented to her by Prince William, and he is going to be walking up the
:04:38. > :04:41.red carpet, we are told, as well this evening. It is not the first
:04:42. > :04:45.time he has been to the ceremony, but we think it is the first time he
:04:46. > :04:49.has walked up the red carpet. Let's talk to Mark Kermode, film critic
:04:50. > :04:54.for the Observer, hello, here we are again, another year, a lot of films
:04:55. > :04:58.inspired by true stories in the nominations this year, let's talk
:04:59. > :05:05.about best film. Being very personal, I know you and I both
:05:06. > :05:08.loved 12 Years A Slave. Yes. Difficult but extraordinary. The
:05:09. > :05:13.great triumph of 12 Years A Slave is that it tells a challenging story, a
:05:14. > :05:17.true story, based on the memoir of Solomon Northrup who was indeed
:05:18. > :05:20.kidnapped and sold into slavery, and yet despite the difficult nature of
:05:21. > :05:25.it, it has done very well with audiences, not just critics. I was
:05:26. > :05:29.talking to the cinematographer, and he said they are very proud that it
:05:30. > :05:32.demonstrates that if you give audiences slightly more challenging
:05:33. > :05:37.material, they will accept it. 12 Years A Slave would be my choice for
:05:38. > :05:42.best picture. I think it is an extraordinary work, director Steve
:05:43. > :05:44.McQueen has done a bully and job. Chiwetel Ejiofor gives a wonderful
:05:45. > :05:48.performance. We have seen them do comedy, science fiction, action
:05:49. > :05:52.adventure. But this was his finest work. And Lupita Nyong'o, a total
:05:53. > :05:57.newcomer, is nominated for supporting actress and also for the
:05:58. > :06:03.EE rising star, two nominations for her, and I hope she wins something
:06:04. > :06:07.tonight. Ray Winston arriving, signing autographs, also Juliet
:06:08. > :06:11.Stevenson, who is presenting an award this evening as well. American
:06:12. > :06:15.Hustle has done very well in terms of nominations, very when at the
:06:16. > :06:20.Oscar-nominated is as well, which are to come in March. -- very well.
:06:21. > :06:25.It was not my favourite film, some cracking performances, and yet a
:06:26. > :06:29.very curious confection, I found. I did not really like anyone in it. My
:06:30. > :06:36.feeling about American Hustle is that it is all about the hair. I do
:06:37. > :07:10.not mean that as a criticism, it is about people pretending to be other
:07:11. > :07:11.people, and it starts with an elaborate scene in which Christian
:07:12. > :07:11.Bale is doing this great comb-over, his extraordinary hairstyle. Amy
:07:12. > :07:12.Adams as this great big bouffant. She has got good hair. But is there
:07:13. > :07:12.anything underneath the hair? I have heard some critics saying that it is
:07:13. > :07:13.meant to be about services, so that is what it is. -- surfaces. It has
:07:14. > :07:14.the least going on underneath the surface of any of the nominations.
:07:15. > :07:15.But there is a reason for it being about the cosmetics. I do not think
:07:16. > :07:20.it is the strongest best film contender. The rising star
:07:21. > :07:23.category, we can talk about that later, because you have some
:07:24. > :07:29.involvement in that, an interesting one to watch. We may be able to hear
:07:30. > :07:32.about that later. Captain Phillips, directed by Paul Greengrass, based
:07:33. > :07:37.on a true story. I did not expect to like it, but it was gripping and
:07:38. > :07:41.extraordinarily well made. I am a huge fan of Paul Greengrass, he has
:07:42. > :07:44.a real talent for taking true stories and dramatising them in a
:07:45. > :07:48.way which makes you think, I watching a documentary or the real
:07:49. > :07:52.thing? The obviously has a background in news footage anyway,
:07:53. > :07:57.and what he does is put you right there on the ship. Incidentally, Tom
:07:58. > :08:01.Hanks, it is the best he has ever done. We cannot give away the ending
:08:02. > :08:05.of the film, many people have said the last few scenes, some of the
:08:06. > :08:11.best quirky as ever done. He is really terrific. And the leader of
:08:12. > :08:16.the Somali pirates in the film, a supporting actor contender, his work
:08:17. > :08:24.is terrific. But behind it all is director Paul Greengrass, somebody
:08:25. > :08:28.who has directed this style, and he knows how to make a film reel. And
:08:29. > :08:37.he has got the claustrophobic, the absolute terror of this enormous
:08:38. > :08:43.freight ship taken over by four men in a fairly useless shipping boat.
:08:44. > :08:47.And you are terrified for the crew. Yes, and what he says is that once
:08:48. > :08:52.the pirates come on board, it is a tale of two captains, him and the
:08:53. > :08:57.pirates, and it is a film about globalism. It is about the fact that
:08:58. > :09:02.you have a rich nation with this great big ship full of cargo, and
:09:03. > :09:06.then you have these very, very poor Somalis, who are driven to piracy by
:09:07. > :09:09.their own economic conditions. Paul Greengrass takes care to make sure
:09:10. > :09:13.that you know why it is that they are doing what they are doing, they
:09:14. > :09:18.are not just 2-dimensional sketches but fully formed characters.
:09:19. > :09:22.Gravity, now, the most nominations, I know it is not always about the
:09:23. > :09:28.numbers, it does not always pan out that way, and Brits should be proud
:09:29. > :09:32.of it hit is a fantastic technical achievement and largely done in
:09:33. > :09:36.Britain. It is a fantastic technical achievement and a British technical
:09:37. > :09:44.achievement. The live footage was shot here, and the extraordinary
:09:45. > :09:49.effects work by the wizards at Framestore, it is testament to the
:09:50. > :09:54.genius of British VFX technicians. It is the first time I have seen a
:09:55. > :09:58.3D film where I thought, OK, that deserves to be stereoscopic, it
:09:59. > :10:03.actually looks better in 3D than it would have into D. I know a couple
:10:04. > :10:09.of people have said, is it really a British film? Did you think it was
:10:10. > :10:13.filmed in space? It is a film which relies on British artistry and
:10:14. > :10:17.technicians. Yes, it has Hollywood stars, but the real genius behind
:10:18. > :10:22.the film is home grown, so it is great that it is being recognised at
:10:23. > :10:27.the BAFTAs, nominated so strongly. As you say, numerically, it has the
:10:28. > :10:31.most nominations. Let's talk about the final film on the list,
:10:32. > :10:36.Philomena, also up for best British film, very British, Dame Judi Dench
:10:37. > :10:41.is expected here tonight, as is the goog. A beautiful tale well told,
:10:42. > :10:45.but a really heartbreaking story. It is, what is interesting about that
:10:46. > :10:50.film is its takes liberties with the truth, but it does it in a way which
:10:51. > :10:54.get away with it. It's two central characters are on a World Cup that
:10:55. > :11:03.never happened, but they have taken the truth of it and, Thais did in a
:11:04. > :11:08.way that works. -- on a road trip. It tells a very difficult story with
:11:09. > :11:13.two great performances. Steve Coogan should not be overlooked. The work
:11:14. > :11:16.he does in it, people imagine they know what he should be like on
:11:17. > :11:27.screen, and you see a very different side to him in this. He does really
:11:28. > :11:31.well. It takes just about the right liberties with the truth. It knows
:11:32. > :11:36.how to make it into a dramatic feature. OK, let's remind ourselves
:11:37. > :11:40.of the best actor category, Mark touching on a couple of really
:11:41. > :11:41.remarkable performances already, let's remind ourselves of those in
:11:42. > :11:56.the running here tonight. You told the sheriff you were
:11:57. > :12:05.walking to Nebraska. Yes, to get my $1 million. This is Woody Grand. We
:12:06. > :12:11.are authorised to pay $1 million... You did not win anything! It is a
:12:12. > :12:18.scam, you have got to stop this. I am running out of time.
:12:19. > :12:29.Now you tell me all is lost? Del no-one who I am, that is the way to
:12:30. > :12:36.survive? -- tell. Well, I don't want to survive. I want to live.
:12:37. > :12:41.You will never do it properly because you have too much attitude
:12:42. > :12:45.to be small and slick. You have to be a conman, in and out. I am there
:12:46. > :12:53.the whole time but you do not know it. That is the art of being someone
:12:54. > :13:01.people can pin beliefs and Green Zone. How much do you make? 72,000
:13:02. > :13:09.last month. I am serious. I am serious, how much money do you make?
:13:10. > :13:13.I told you, 70,000, technically 72,000. If the pirates find you, you
:13:14. > :13:17.know the ship, they don't. They can feel like they are in charge, but
:13:18. > :13:21.keep them away from the generator and the engine controls.
:13:22. > :13:32.Stick together. And we will be all right.
:13:33. > :13:35.Can we take a live shot? So ending on Captain Phillips there,
:13:36. > :13:43.interesting, because at the other end of the red carpet I can see
:13:44. > :13:48.Barkhad Abdi, who plays the leader of the Somali pirate gang, signing
:13:49. > :13:51.an awful lot of autographs. We have spotted Mark gaiters as well of
:13:52. > :13:56.Sherlock Waem, among many other things. He was very much in demand
:13:57. > :14:01.for autographs. I mentioned that a lot of people had been years since
:14:02. > :14:04.Saturday morning. -- Fame. There were lots and lots of Sherlock
:14:05. > :14:10.posters, I think he will be in demand. Lizo has someone very
:14:11. > :14:16.special with him. Thank you very much, the director of 12 Years A
:14:17. > :14:19.Slave, Steve McQueen, this film has pondered the strongest emotional
:14:20. > :14:27.reaction of any of the movies nominated tonight. Yeah, I am happy
:14:28. > :14:35.for it! The response has been amazing in the cinemas. It's been a
:14:36. > :14:39.wonderful experience, really. It's something I've been working on
:14:40. > :14:44.really and with since September, so I'm grateful for the audience, it's
:14:45. > :14:48.great for the public. It is the film people expect to do particularly
:14:49. > :14:53.well tonight. Does that make you more nervous? It's not a
:14:54. > :14:59.competition, it's a celebration. Once you have been nominated, you
:15:00. > :15:05.have one. What does Chiwetel Ejiofor bring to a question about why were
:15:06. > :15:09.you so keen to get him involved? He had a stature and dignity that is
:15:10. > :15:16.inherent. He is like Sidney Poitier, there is a certain stature. I needed
:15:17. > :15:22.a character who was in a world that was inhumane. Why has it taken a
:15:23. > :15:25.British director to tell a piece of American history? It's not just
:15:26. > :15:29.American history, its world history. Britain was involved in the slave
:15:30. > :15:34.trade, so was France, Portugal, Spain, so it is a world industry.
:15:35. > :15:39.This is one of the many stories, I hope, will be told. Did you ever
:15:40. > :15:45.expected to be this well-received, not just by audiences and critics,
:15:46. > :15:52.but by award givers? The Oscars in two weeks time. That was never on my
:15:53. > :15:57.mind. I wanted to make the best form I could possibly make, and to have
:15:58. > :16:06.this kind of response, I'm grateful. Steve McQueen, thank you for your
:16:07. > :16:11.time. Steve McQueen, nominated as best director for 12 Years A Slave.
:16:12. > :16:16.Let's remind ourselves and take a look at the best actress category.
:16:17. > :16:17.Again, some strong performances, and maybe one standing out. Let's remind
:16:18. > :16:29.ourselves who is up for that. We got the bureau to give this $2
:16:30. > :16:39.million for three days. You mean you and him? Yes, we did. She showed me.
:16:40. > :16:45.You showed him? You did that without me? What are you going to do?
:16:46. > :16:53.I was forced to take a job selling shoes on Madison Avenue. So
:16:54. > :16:57.humiliating. Friends from dinner parties came in and I had to wait on
:16:58. > :17:02.them. Have you any idea what that is like? One minute you are hosting,
:17:03. > :17:07.and the next minute you are measuring their shoe size and
:17:08. > :17:12.fitting them. This is PL Travers, the creator of the bill of the
:17:13. > :17:15.beloved Mary. Mary Poppins. Never, ever just Mary. A pleasure to meet
:17:16. > :17:21.you. Although we shan't be acquainted along, because these
:17:22. > :17:29.books simply do not lend themselves to chirping and prancing. Certainly
:17:30. > :17:32.not a musical. I'm getting scared now we're getting closer. All these
:17:33. > :17:39.years wondering whether Anthony was in trouble, or prison. I could
:17:40. > :17:43.always tell myself he was happy somewhere and everything would be
:17:44. > :17:49.all right, but what if he died in Vietnam, or came back with no legs,
:17:50. > :17:52.or lived on the street? Houston, this is Ryan Stone, I am drifting.
:17:53. > :18:19.Do you copy? Anyone? So those are the nominations for
:18:20. > :18:23.best actress. Worth pointing out, well, I was about to say, look out
:18:24. > :18:29.for the man in the red baseball cap. But he's just moved out of the
:18:30. > :18:37.frame. That is Ron Howard, and he is alongside Nicki Lauda, wearing the
:18:38. > :18:41.red baseball cap. All of that is in relation to a film in the best
:18:42. > :18:49.British film category, which is Rush, about the competition in the
:18:50. > :18:53.1970s between Lauda and James Hunt. We've not had a chance to go through
:18:54. > :18:58.the best British film category in detail, but rest assured, I hope we
:18:59. > :19:03.will. While we look at these pictures, just a return to the
:19:04. > :19:07.category of Best actress, Cate Blanchett, we expect to see her on
:19:08. > :19:13.the red carpet tonight. Is it fair to say it will be quite a shock if
:19:14. > :19:16.she doesn't win it? It's funny, because she has been tipped as the
:19:17. > :19:21.leading contender in the category for a long time, ever since it came
:19:22. > :19:25.out, and whatever you think about the film, the performance is
:19:26. > :19:29.impeccable. I have to say I have a great fondness for Emma Thompson's
:19:30. > :19:34.work, she was brilliant as PL Travers. Obviously there is every
:19:35. > :19:38.possibility Dame Judi Dench might sneak it, but my feeling is that
:19:39. > :19:42.Cate Blanchett is just ahead of the pack. It's understandable. She
:19:43. > :19:49.really, really carries the film. Emma Thompson's work in Saving Mr
:19:50. > :19:52.Banks is very clever because she makes the character chippy and
:19:53. > :19:56.difficult, yet not wholly unsympathetic. You see all the way
:19:57. > :19:59.through the film how much she annoyed the Walt Disney bosses, and
:20:00. > :20:04.Walt Disney himself. How difficult she was to work with. I think Mary
:20:05. > :20:08.Poppins is one of the best film ever made, but she famously didn't like
:20:09. > :20:12.the movie and refuse to have anything else done to it. So Emma
:20:13. > :20:18.Thompson managed to get the right balance between being very difficult
:20:19. > :20:21.but also understandable. Did I read somewhere that she thought it was
:20:22. > :20:25.the best film part she had ever been offered in terms of meat -- a
:20:26. > :20:33.movie? I think it's her finest performance. She steps up to the
:20:34. > :20:36.challenge. Can I say quickly, we were talking about Rush, the
:20:37. > :20:41.interesting thing is is it was directed by Ron Howard, and Paul
:20:42. > :20:45.Green grass was going to direct that, and they swap projects in
:20:46. > :20:49.midstream, which is why you have a movie that perhaps you wonder why
:20:50. > :20:56.Ron Howard is doing Rush, but they swapped movies. Willingly? Yes, and
:20:57. > :21:03.as it happens, completely coincidentally. Cate Blanchett is
:21:04. > :21:06.being mentioned for her role in Blue Jasmine. Sally Hawkins just
:21:07. > :21:10.arriving, as we talk about Best supporting actress. There is one of
:21:11. > :21:15.the women of the moment, an extraordinary performance by
:21:16. > :21:21.somebody who is 30 years old, but this is her first film performance.
:21:22. > :21:25.She has two nominations, for best supporting actress for 12 Years A
:21:26. > :21:29.Slave, and also for the rising Star award, which is usually a nomination
:21:30. > :21:31.for somebody who already has a number of films under their belt.
:21:32. > :21:36.There's been a couple of occasions for a first performance, but she
:21:37. > :21:41.goes into that with two nominations tonight, both richly deserve.
:21:42. > :21:44.Anybody who has seen 12 Years A Slave all know how well she does the
:21:45. > :21:48.role. It's a really difficult role, really central to the drama. And she
:21:49. > :21:53.is fabulous. Steve McQueen said working with her was a dream. It was
:21:54. > :22:04.a hard parts to cast, but he really struck gold with Blue Peter neon go.
:22:05. > :22:10.She is wonderful in the film. -- Lupita Nyong'o. We were talking
:22:11. > :22:16.about Sally Hawkins who is also in Blue Jasmine.
:22:17. > :22:24.She is up against Jennifer Lawrence, America's darling at the moment. One
:22:25. > :22:27.of the most popular actresses. It's a bit like Benedict Cumberbatch has
:22:28. > :22:30.to be in everything. In America, Jennifer Lawrence has to be in
:22:31. > :22:35.everything, but she is fantastic in American Hustle. In the case of
:22:36. > :22:39.American Hustle, there are four very strong performances. Whatever you
:22:40. > :22:42.think about the film, the central performances are really, really
:22:43. > :22:45.strong. I think the film itself has certain weaknesses, but none of
:22:46. > :22:48.those weaknesses are to do with the performances themselves. It is a
:22:49. > :22:54.film in which it is really blessed with a great cast. I just wanted the
:22:55. > :23:14.film itself to have more depth. Julia Roberts is nominated, for
:23:15. > :23:19.August Osage County. And Oprah Winfrey for the Butler. It is a
:23:20. > :23:23.composite story based on a true story but it takes liberties with
:23:24. > :23:26.it. What she does is she plays the wife of the central character, and
:23:27. > :23:30.it's through her that the audience really sympathises with his journey
:23:31. > :23:36.on screen. I think she does brilliantly, and she deserves a
:23:37. > :23:43.nomination. We will just go back to Lizo, as he has the man opening the
:23:44. > :23:47.show. You're going to be opening the show with a performance of Heroes?
:23:48. > :23:54.It's one of the biggest sellers today. It is so important to British
:23:55. > :23:57.culture as well. I've never done anything like this before. I've done
:23:58. > :24:01.loads of awards shows, fashion shows, but nothing as prestigious as
:24:02. > :24:06.this. I'm literally going to be staring out at some of my heroes,
:24:07. > :24:11.Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo Di Caprio, I don't know how I will concentrate.
:24:12. > :24:16.It will be great. How nerve wracking with it be before you go on air?
:24:17. > :24:21.It's already bad enough, it was already at ten, but now it's 10.5.
:24:22. > :24:26.Wander the BAFTAs mean to you as somebody who grew up watching them?
:24:27. > :24:30.-- what do the BAFTAs? It's just an incredible celebration of the
:24:31. > :24:33.British TV and movie industry. So many great films out, especially the
:24:34. > :24:38.British people, like 12 Years A Slave, Captain Phillips, so many
:24:39. > :24:43.amazing films, and this is the time to celebrate it over here. It's such
:24:44. > :24:47.a great honour to be here. Thanks, I know you all give a great
:24:48. > :24:56.performance as always. Go and get ready. Tinie Tempah, always
:24:57. > :24:59.fantastic and opening the show here at the Royal Opera house. The
:25:00. > :25:03.decibel levels are rising. An awful lot of excitement on the red carpet.
:25:04. > :25:08.A huge number of stars arriving here already, and many more to come will
:25:09. > :25:16.stop and a reminder that the BAFTAs Fellowship is going to Dame Helen
:25:17. > :25:19.Mirren tonight -- many more to come. Barkhad Abdi, nominated for Captain
:25:20. > :25:24.Phillips, Best supporting actor. How does it feel? You've had an amazing
:25:25. > :25:29.story going from not being an actor towards this amazing nominated role?
:25:30. > :25:35.It feels great to be here. I'm really honoured, and I've had all
:25:36. > :25:41.these nominations, and it's a life changing experience. I'm happy to be
:25:42. > :25:45.here. The BAFTAs are looking great. As Tom Hanks giving you any tips as
:25:46. > :25:51.he's been to so many awards ceremonies, but this is your first?
:25:52. > :25:57.-- has Tom Hanks? He gave me a lot of advice. He's a really great man.
:25:58. > :26:01.I love working with him. How much fun was it, that might not be the
:26:02. > :26:05.word, but how was it playing this part? It seems to be something you
:26:06. > :26:12.could dig beneath the layers of. He was not just a superficial bad guy.
:26:13. > :26:15.I had a lot of fun. It was more fun each day, when you understand the
:26:16. > :26:22.character more in depth, and you're telling his story. It was a lot of
:26:23. > :26:28.fun and good times, and I enjoyed working with Tom Hanks as well as
:26:29. > :26:33.Paul Greengrass. They helped me a lot to get the part out, and what
:26:34. > :26:38.ever obstacle I had, we found a way to get over. It was great. Barkhad
:26:39. > :26:43.Abdi, thanks very much for talking to us. That is excellent, because it
:26:44. > :26:47.allows us to have a chat about the category he is in, because it is a
:26:48. > :26:51.strong one. Let's remind ourselves. Barkhad Abdi nominated for his
:26:52. > :27:00.performance along side Captain Phillips. Daniel Bruhl has been on
:27:01. > :27:04.the red carpet. But Michael Fassbender, my goodness, he's done a
:27:05. > :27:09.lot of work with Steve McQueen, but he was terrifying as a plantation
:27:10. > :27:12.owning 12 Years A Slave. He tells an interesting story about doing the
:27:13. > :27:16.role, saying no matter how terrifying or evil character is, you
:27:17. > :27:20.have to find a way in. He said as far as he was concerned, his
:27:21. > :27:29.character was in love with Patsy, the character played by Lupita, who
:27:30. > :27:33.he torments so terribly. Michael Fassbender didn't want to play him
:27:34. > :27:36.as just somebody 2-dimensional ee foul and wicked, you had to
:27:37. > :27:42.understand where it came from. I think he's an extraordinarily
:27:43. > :27:45.intuitive and forceful actor. When you have him and Chiwetel Ejiofor on
:27:46. > :27:51.screen, you see some of the best acting talent in the world together
:27:52. > :27:55.on screen. I think what Steve McQueen has always strived to do
:27:56. > :28:00.with his films is to look beyond the obvious, to get each of the
:28:01. > :28:03.characters to dig a bit deeper. And it says something about how good he
:28:04. > :28:08.is as a director that he can get these kind of performances out of
:28:09. > :28:13.his cast. I don't need to tell you who it is, but Leonardo Di Caprio
:28:14. > :28:15.arriving. He is very, very commanding in The Wolf of Wall
:28:16. > :28:20.Street. We will stay with the pictures of him. I guess he will be
:28:21. > :28:26.signing quite a lot of autographs. Going back to Barkhad Abdi, despite
:28:27. > :28:32.my feeling that Michael Fassbender might take it, for what it's worth,
:28:33. > :28:37.Barkhad Abdi is very strong in a very difficult part, and some very
:28:38. > :28:40.difficult, tense scenes in the film. I would not put him out of the
:28:41. > :28:47.running at all. There is a good story that Paul Greengrass tells,
:28:48. > :28:52.but when you first see Barkhad Abdi's character on the bridge, that
:28:53. > :28:58.is the first time he had met Tom Hanks, juicy and actor, a complete
:28:59. > :29:05.newcomer, holding his own against the a seasoned performer -- you see
:29:06. > :29:14.an actor. We were talking about Rush earlier. We are with Ron Howard. I'm
:29:15. > :29:20.grateful foreign exchange student here. I got in with my Visa, and
:29:21. > :29:27.it's a huge honour. Why did you want to do this movie? Wasn't Paul Green
:29:28. > :29:31.grass going to do it? He opted out, but I knew about the story, and I
:29:32. > :29:34.said it would be fascinating, but I said, you're American, you don't
:29:35. > :29:38.know anything about the culture. I said, those characters are
:29:39. > :29:42.fascinating. I love the drama of sports and what it can yield, and I
:29:43. > :29:46.felt as directed there was a chance to do something really original and
:29:47. > :29:51.combining that visceral action with these complicated characters, so I
:29:52. > :29:56.jumped into it. I guess it is a rivalry that is not really known
:29:57. > :30:00.outside the UK that much. It really isn't, but it's rich and
:30:01. > :30:03.interesting. Familia in some ways, but highly unexpected in others, and
:30:04. > :30:07.that is why people really like the movie when they see it. I was
:30:08. > :30:11.surprised when I read the screenplay about the complexity and the way it
:30:12. > :30:18.entertained and what it revealed, and I think audiences feel that way
:30:19. > :30:22.about it when they see it. The performance is very much acclaimed,
:30:23. > :30:29.Daniel Bruehl is up for best supporting actor. It is a very
:30:30. > :30:32.challenging character, because Lauda is difficult, you like in one
:30:33. > :30:38.moment, then he is prickly. What he has to endure, the range of his
:30:39. > :30:43.experience, it is riveting and dramatic stuff to play, and Daniel
:30:44. > :30:50.made the most of it. Have a great evening. Thanks a lot!
:30:51. > :30:54.And Chiwetel Ejiofor working his way slowly up the red carpet, signing an
:30:55. > :30:57.awful lot of autographs. Lots and lots of people want their photograph
:30:58. > :31:07.taken with him, he looks very obliging, a very strong performance
:31:08. > :31:15.in Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave. And another member involved in the
:31:16. > :31:18.British film, Rush, back to Lizo. Daniel Bruehl plays Niki Lauda, up
:31:19. > :31:23.for best supporting actor. Did you know much about the rivalry between
:31:24. > :31:28.these two drivers? I was born in 1978, and I grew up in Cologne, not
:31:29. > :31:32.far away from the racetrack where Niki Lauda had his accident. But I
:31:33. > :31:37.did not know much about the rivalry between him and James Hunt, so
:31:38. > :31:41.reading the script, I was fascinated, and I felt Peter Morgan
:31:42. > :31:50.had added so many things to make an exciting movie. So I think it is one
:31:51. > :31:55.of the most thrilling and exciting rivalries in sports history ever.
:31:56. > :32:00.How easy was it to portray this human drama for these two great
:32:01. > :32:04.racing drivers? Well, pretty intense, because we don't have that
:32:05. > :32:07.much in common, so I felt that responsibility weighing on my
:32:08. > :32:11.shoulders, because he is a living legend, and he is still around,
:32:12. > :32:20.everyone in Germany and Austria knows him. It was tough to get
:32:21. > :32:24.there, but fortunately I got all the support from Niki himself, and we
:32:25. > :32:27.talked about intimate and sensitive stub. You cannot take for granted
:32:28. > :32:31.that a real person is willing to talk about all of this, you know,
:32:32. > :32:36.vanity and beer and death and all of that, but he did, and it is so nice
:32:37. > :32:40.that he was happy and proud with the result of the film. Thank you very
:32:41. > :32:48.much for that time, Daniel, have a wonderful evening, best of luck.
:32:49. > :32:52.Rush is nominated as best British film against Gravity and Philomena.
:32:53. > :32:55.We were endeavouring to talk about the best director, Alfonso Cuaron
:32:56. > :33:02.arrived a few moments ago, what you think of the category? Talk me
:33:03. > :33:07.through the trickiness of some of the nominations here. Well, I think
:33:08. > :33:11.it is always difficult prejudging any awards, but in terms of the
:33:12. > :33:15.director, it is really tough this year. Steve McQueen for 12 Years A
:33:16. > :33:19.Slave, I think the work he does is extraordinary, it is the best film
:33:20. > :33:24.he has made, the best film of the. American Hustle, David O Russell,
:33:25. > :33:32.very stylishly directed, a lot of attention on the visuals. I think it
:33:33. > :33:35.is a little bit surfacey. But we are seeing 12 Years A Slave, Steve
:33:36. > :33:38.McQueen tells a very difficult story in a way that is accessible to a
:33:39. > :33:46.mainstream audience but does not state the edges of it. This is
:33:47. > :33:51.American Hustle, as you said, it is very blingy, it is all to do with
:33:52. > :33:55.the way it looks. But in that category Alfonso Cuaron is the real
:33:56. > :33:59.contender. I think it is him and Steve McQueen who have got the title
:34:00. > :34:04.fight there. The thing with Alfonso Cuaron's work on Gravity, regardless
:34:05. > :34:08.whether you love the film or not, you would be hard pressed to say it
:34:09. > :34:14.is not brilliant light directed. I think that sometimes, when people
:34:15. > :34:19.are judging this category, they may lean towards Gravity because it
:34:20. > :34:22.looks so much like a directorial work. Perhaps when you look at 12
:34:23. > :34:26.Years A Slave, you look at performances and story. But when you
:34:27. > :34:30.look at Gravity, it looks like the work of a director using the cinema
:34:31. > :34:35.screen as a painted canvas, redefining the boundaries of
:34:36. > :34:40.experiential cinema. I think therefore he might have the edge.
:34:41. > :34:43.However, these are the British film Academy Awards, we are on home
:34:44. > :34:51.ground, so it could be Steve McQueen. I will understand if
:34:52. > :34:55.Alfonso Cuaron sneaks it. Back to Lizo. The film everyone is talking
:34:56. > :34:59.about is 12 Years A Slave, one of its guises Lupita Nyong'o, up for
:35:00. > :35:07.best supporting actress. -- one of its stars, who beat in Yangon. How
:35:08. > :35:10.was it to play? It was very exciting, so challenging and
:35:11. > :35:18.rewarding to have that kind of opportunity to bring back to life
:35:19. > :35:23.such an important woman and to tell her story. Have you been surprised
:35:24. > :35:27.by the reaction of people to a story that many people did not know about?
:35:28. > :35:31.I would not say surprise, it is up rising how big it has gotten, but I
:35:32. > :35:38.feel more relieved that it has got this kind of reception, because when
:35:39. > :35:41.I read the story, it touched me, so to see other people you'll being
:35:42. > :35:49.moved in the same way is a relief. You have had an amazing awards
:35:50. > :35:55.season, what has it been like. I did not even know and awards season
:35:56. > :36:00.existed! It has been a major... It has been amazing, it has been
:36:01. > :36:05.surprising every step of the way, and I feel really blessed. I know I
:36:06. > :36:10.am in a very fortunate position, and I am just embracing this
:36:11. > :36:17.opportunity. Have a great evening, best of luck. Thank you.
:36:18. > :36:21.Oh, lots of people cheering for her, I think we are crossing fingers she
:36:22. > :36:26.will walk away with something. I really think she will, deservedly
:36:27. > :36:31.so. Best foreign film, we have not had a chance to touch on that. I am
:36:32. > :36:35.not familiar with all of them, I do virtue your superior knowledge. The
:36:36. > :36:46.category is film not in the English language.
:36:47. > :36:51.The two really interesting things, Blue Is The Warmest Colour is not
:36:52. > :36:55.nominated at the Oscars because it opened in its own country too late
:36:56. > :37:01.to qualify, despite the fact that it had won the Palm door. He gave the
:37:02. > :37:06.award not only to the director but the two leading actresses, which is
:37:07. > :37:11.unprecedented. We are just pointing at one of our other screens because
:37:12. > :37:17.I can see Amy Adams arriving for American Hustle, over to Lizo. One
:37:18. > :37:23.of the other films being talked about is Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron,
:37:24. > :37:26.director and writer! This film, an incredible technical achievement to
:37:27. > :37:30.get it done, did you realise that you might be able to do everything
:37:31. > :37:35.you managed on the screen at the time? Well, when I first started, I
:37:36. > :37:40.thought it was going to be a simple task, you know. It was a big
:37:41. > :37:45.miscalculation! I thought it was going to be something really simple
:37:46. > :37:51.to make. As we start the process, we realised we had to invent new
:37:52. > :37:55.technology to make it happen. Was it a difficult process? It was
:37:56. > :38:00.difficult for everyone around me! Everybody, all the artists around
:38:01. > :38:05.me, they were just trying to convey the thematic and emotional value of
:38:06. > :38:12.the story, so that was the task at hand. Nobody was trying to create
:38:13. > :38:18.new technology, everybody was just trying to achieve the emotional
:38:19. > :38:23.journey. There has been a bit of a backlash against 3D, but Gravity has
:38:24. > :38:28.made people say, this is all about 3D technology, you have to see it in
:38:29. > :38:33.3D. How does that make you feel? Well, the thing is that 3D is an
:38:34. > :38:41.amazing medium, but it is being used almost as a commercial feature. When
:38:42. > :38:46.it is used properly, and you could see that in Hugo or Avatar or life
:38:47. > :38:53.of pi, it is absolutely beautiful, and immersive. Thanks very much,
:38:54. > :38:57.have a great evening. Thank you so much. Alfonso Cuaron nominated for
:38:58. > :39:02.best director and much else the size, as he was making quite clear
:39:03. > :39:08.to Lizo. Mark, talking about the best foreign-language film, let's
:39:09. > :39:13.see whether we can return to that. So many people arriving, very
:39:14. > :39:18.quickly, in the film not in the English language category, The Act
:39:19. > :39:21.Of Killing, an extraordinary documentary. Blue Is The Warmest
:39:22. > :39:26.Colour, a French film not nominated at the Oscars because it was
:39:27. > :39:31.released to late in its own country. The Great Beauty, many people's film
:39:32. > :39:35.of the year. Metro Manila, a very edgy thriller, very well shot.
:39:36. > :39:41.Wadjda, an extraordinary piece of work, the story of a young girl.
:39:42. > :39:46.Martinsville says he, director of The Wolf Of Wall Street, we have
:39:47. > :39:51.already seen its star, Leonardo DiCaprio. -- Martin Scorsese. The
:39:52. > :39:57.three hours with bike, hugely entertaining, but no film needs to
:39:58. > :40:01.be three hours, surely! -- whizzed by. I do not think it is is best
:40:02. > :40:05.work, by any means. My own feeling was that it was rather too long and
:40:06. > :40:12.rather too rumbly and indulgent. However, of the problem that possess
:40:13. > :40:15.the film, of which there are many, Leonardo DiCaprio's performance is
:40:16. > :40:19.not one of them. He is at the top of his game in that movie, playing an
:40:20. > :40:23.absolutely loathsome character, a person you are not meant to
:40:24. > :40:30.sympathise with. I think you need to empathise with him, and I did not at
:40:31. > :40:33.all, and that was a problem for me. But Leonardo DiCaprio throws and
:40:34. > :40:38.salt into the role. You will have heard the stories that Martin
:40:39. > :40:43.Scorsese struggled to get it down to three hours. Really, if 2001 is two
:40:44. > :40:50.and a half hours long, not think needs to be three hours long,
:40:51. > :40:54.really! No! Jonah Hill, I do not think he is nominated here, but he
:40:55. > :40:59.is at the Oscars, he was a very good foil. Leonardo DiCaprio, and
:41:00. > :41:02.absolutely commanding performance, but he works off Jonah Hill
:41:03. > :41:09.extraordinarily well. As I say that, Tom Hanks is arriving, and I think
:41:10. > :41:13.you said... I think it is his best work, Captain Phillips, the best
:41:14. > :41:16.work he has done on screen. His performance is fully rounded,
:41:17. > :41:20.three-dimensional, you completely believe in him as an everyman, which
:41:21. > :41:29.he has to be in order for the story to work. His scenes with Barkhad
:41:30. > :41:32.Abdi are terrific. Paul Greengrass get something completely unexpected
:41:33. > :41:35.out of him at the end of the film, I don't want to give the under way.
:41:36. > :41:40.The work he does in that film, particularly in the final reel...
:41:41. > :41:44.The final scenes are extraordinary. He has been fated with awards around
:41:45. > :41:49.the world, Barkhad Abdi is holding his own with Tom Hanks. I think it
:41:50. > :41:55.is a really challenging role, and he does it wonderfully. It is great to
:41:56. > :42:00.see, you know, great to see him doing that kind of work. As we stay
:42:01. > :42:06.with these pictures of Tom Hanks, people chanting, Tom, Tom I think.
:42:07. > :42:10.We can go back to entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba. The
:42:11. > :42:14.producer of Gravity, we just had Alfonso Cuaron a few minutes ago, he
:42:15. > :42:20.was telling me what a challenge it was to get the technology made. How
:42:21. > :42:24.long did it take? Well, it took around four and a half years to get
:42:25. > :42:29.the film made. There was only 60 days of shooting, but it was a long
:42:30. > :42:35.period to actually figure out the technology, how to make it, and
:42:36. > :42:40.persuade people should made. It has been really well loved by
:42:41. > :42:44.audiences, as well as at award shows. Of course, it is a wonderful
:42:45. > :42:55.immersive experience, and I think... Leonardo! Leonardo must be
:42:56. > :43:02.here! Leo! Leo! And immersive experience, so it is something that
:43:03. > :43:09.has to be seen in the cinema, which is great. It is about at adversity
:43:10. > :43:15.and rebirth, and we have all experienced that. Thanks very much
:43:16. > :43:20.for your time. OK, we have just reached the point
:43:21. > :43:24.in the evening where we cannot hear ourselves think or speak or very
:43:25. > :43:27.much else. Leonardo DiCaprio, I think that is who everyone was
:43:28. > :43:32.screaming for. They were screaming for Tom Hanks as well. We train our
:43:33. > :43:35.necks around to the far end of the red carpet, where Lizo was based,
:43:36. > :43:41.and it is fascinating trying to work out who is coming up next based
:43:42. > :43:48.broadly on the decibel level. The chanting you heard, Leo, Leo, Leo, I
:43:49. > :43:55.thought it was a tribute to deck the's Midnight Runners. Showing your
:43:56. > :43:58.age, Mark! Gravity leading the way with 11 nominations, a lot of people
:43:59. > :44:04.involved in that film tonight. As promised, we did mention the rising
:44:05. > :44:08.Star award, something you have an association with. We talked about
:44:09. > :44:13.Lupita Nyong'o, but other interesting names. One of the
:44:14. > :44:19.interesting things about the award, voted for by the public, we have
:44:20. > :44:24.been talking about Chiwetel Ejiofor, one of the first nominees in the
:44:25. > :44:27.first year of this award. This year we have George McCartney, there was
:44:28. > :44:35.a week in which he had three films opening in the same week. -- George
:44:36. > :44:38.McKay. Lupita Nyong'o, obviously, who I think has the edge because she
:44:39. > :44:44.has also been needed for supporting actress. Would you like to... Harvey
:44:45. > :44:49.Weinstein, the mega- producer, just arriving. Not everybody would know
:44:50. > :44:55.who he is, but he's a producer who has more success at awards
:44:56. > :44:59.ceremonies than almost anyone else. He is an extraordinary campaign for
:45:00. > :45:05.awards. If you want your film to win awards, get Harvey Weinstein behind
:45:06. > :45:09.it! Bradley Cooper as well. The most likeable character in American
:45:10. > :45:13.Hustle, that is a fairly low bar! But he was pretty good in it, I
:45:14. > :45:17.thought, and he has worked with David O Russell, the director, a
:45:18. > :45:22.lot, both of them up for awards. I'm trying to work out to be as hugging
:45:23. > :45:27.there. Is it Michael Fassbender? I think it is. I am told it is,
:45:28. > :45:36.someone in my year with bad eyesight is telling me it is Michael
:45:37. > :45:44.Fassbender. -- with better eyesight. A very strong contender in the
:45:45. > :45:49.supporting actor category. And Emma Thompson just arriving. This is the
:45:50. > :45:55.person you would really love to take the best actress category. She is a
:45:56. > :46:06.too rhythmically talented actress and also a writer. What she does is
:46:07. > :46:16.bring that character to life. -- a terrifically talented actress.
:46:17. > :46:21.This film has had such an emotional reaction. What was it like for you
:46:22. > :46:28.to play? It was an extraordinary experience from start to finish. An
:46:29. > :46:31.amazing autobiography and an opportunity to work with Steve
:46:32. > :46:41.McQueen whose films I had seen and loved. It was an amazing jump off
:46:42. > :46:48.point. And a really incredible cast who was so dedicated to telling the
:46:49. > :46:51.story. It was a remarkable experience. And then getting the
:46:52. > :46:59.film out there and the reaction to the film has been incredible. And
:47:00. > :47:11.you have a strong connection with Baxter -- BAFTA, you have one at the
:47:12. > :47:19.Rising Star award and now you are back here. Yes, I'm proud of that
:47:20. > :47:25.connection and we will see what happens. But it is great to be a
:47:26. > :47:29.part of this celebration of film. There are some great films this year
:47:30. > :47:38.and just to be in the mix of that is a bit. Why do you think this
:47:39. > :47:45.particular slice of American history or world history has gone unnoticed
:47:46. > :47:52.by the public for so long? Well, you tend to suspect it is one of those
:47:53. > :47:57.things that people don't necessarily want to look at all the time, yet it
:47:58. > :48:03.is such an important part of where we are and how we got here, which is
:48:04. > :48:13.why it is such a valuable piece of work. The autobiography, like any
:48:14. > :48:18.person's first narrative, should be recognised as an important
:48:19. > :48:23.historical document. I'm glad there was this opportunity to get that
:48:24. > :48:31.back out there. A pleasure speaking to you. Have a great evening.
:48:32. > :48:38.He is delightful and it was interesting that you were reflecting
:48:39. > :48:45.on his Rising Star award. We're just looking at Cate Blanchett arriving.
:48:46. > :48:51.I think she is the person most highly tipped to take best actress
:48:52. > :49:01.for her extraordinary portrayal. I would love to see Chiwetel Ejiofor
:49:02. > :49:06.take the award. I saw him in a play a few years ago and even then he
:49:07. > :49:13.stood out. I thought, who is this fantastic actor? It shines through
:49:14. > :49:21.in that film wastage appeals so bleak. He carries it with such
:49:22. > :49:30.dignity. -- where his future appears. And in between Euston
:49:31. > :49:37.comedy, action, gritty urban dramas. He has demonstrated how he is. Every
:49:38. > :49:41.style, he looks completely at home. When he was first offered the role,
:49:42. > :49:45.he initially turned it down. Yet to be convinced by Steve McQueen to do
:49:46. > :49:55.it. I asked why any said, it was just a role of such import. Such a
:49:56. > :50:04.wait to take on that challenge. -- why and he said.
:50:05. > :50:12.Leonardo DiCaprio is nominated for best actor. Our work -- how hard was
:50:13. > :50:20.it getting into the skin of this obsessive, arrogant actor? I think
:50:21. > :50:31.Martin Scorcese builders set in a way that it was very chaotic. --
:50:32. > :50:45.built us a set. We were in courage to get into the most hedonistic
:50:46. > :50:50.headset possible. -- encouraged. Does this kind of adulation happen
:50:51. > :50:56.every time you hit the red carpet? No, it doesn't. But I think this
:50:57. > :51:00.film has struck a chord. I'm very proud of it. Ever since 2008 I
:51:01. > :51:06.wanted to make this film is a reaction to what happened in our
:51:07. > :51:11.financial institutions, and people see this world of excess around them
:51:12. > :51:14.and they reacted to it quite well. It is a film that takes a lot of
:51:15. > :51:20.risks as well and I think people appreciate that. You've had two
:51:21. > :51:24.previous nominations, both Martin Scorcese movies. What is it about
:51:25. > :51:30.his movies that bring this out in new? Look, it is very simple. I just
:51:31. > :51:38.wanted to be able to work with him once. I'm so fortunate it has been
:51:39. > :51:42.five films down. The learning curve is just immense, it is almost... It
:51:43. > :51:48.is difficult to put into words how much I've accumulated, knowledge
:51:49. > :51:55.wise, from being able to work with him. He is still so vital at this
:51:56. > :52:02.age. He is still making punk rock movies. This guy really has his
:52:03. > :52:08.finger on the pulse of our culture. He is the heartbeat of American
:52:09. > :52:20.cinema in a lot of ways. We will let you go, have a fun evening.
:52:21. > :52:27.He was asked whether he got this reception a lot and he said he
:52:28. > :52:33.didn't. I'm not sure I believe that. I have to say, this crowd is one of
:52:34. > :52:41.the most excitable. It tells you something about just how dominant
:52:42. > :52:50.the Baptist have become. -- the BAFTAs. We feel quite safe from our
:52:51. > :52:56.vantage point up here. Dame Helen Mirren will be awarded the
:52:57. > :53:10.Fellowship tonight and will be presented that award by Prince
:53:11. > :53:16.William. In terms of Leonardo DiCaprio, Steve Coogan co-wrote
:53:17. > :53:24.Philomena and stars in it alongside Judi Dench... I'm going to hold that
:53:25. > :53:30.thought. Yes, I'm with David O Russell, the
:53:31. > :53:36.writer and director of American Hustle. People have been loving it.
:53:37. > :53:43.Well, we jumped into it right off the back of the film before. This is
:53:44. > :53:46.why we make movies, because we get very inspired over here. When we
:53:47. > :53:54.were here last year we were putting together the cast, so it is a great
:53:55. > :54:01.honour to be back here and it means the world to us, to be honest with
:54:02. > :54:08.you. It encourages us. All four of the main cast are nominated, you
:54:09. > :54:13.must have every Hollywood and British actor and actress desperate
:54:14. > :54:19.to work with you. Well, you still have to work hard. You are only one
:54:20. > :54:25.movie away from failing at any time. I love to write for each actor, to
:54:26. > :54:40.create a roll and get them to take the risk. Christian bale as you've
:54:41. > :54:56.never seen him before. -- Bale. Mark, what do you think? Christian
:54:57. > :55:00.Bale really transforms himself for every role but right at the
:55:01. > :55:04.beginning of this movie we see him putting on his hair with appliances
:55:05. > :55:13.and blue. In a way, it establishes what you need to know about his
:55:14. > :55:18.character. -- and glue. And of course Christian Bale is known for
:55:19. > :55:26.immersing himself in a roll. Some actors would have been too vain to
:55:27. > :55:31.do that opening scene, but not him. A man who needs no introduction. You
:55:32. > :55:42.are a triple nominee, Best adapted screenplay, Best film and
:55:43. > :55:47.Outstanding British Film. And Dame Judi is up for best actress. Are you
:55:48. > :55:55.surprised by how well Philomena has gone down? Yes, the scale of it. We
:55:56. > :55:58.knew it was a good film but we didn't think it would get this
:55:59. > :56:05.traction. It is doing well in America and that was something it --
:56:06. > :56:10.we never anticipated. We thought it would be a good film, but not this
:56:11. > :56:25.commercially successful. It's great. You must be delighted to see BAFTA
:56:26. > :56:33.honouring it like this. Yes, British films never get the budgets of
:56:34. > :56:41.American films. But we had really classy people involved, world-class
:56:42. > :56:45.people making the film. They weren't greedy about money, so we got it
:56:46. > :56:53.made. What is it like working with Dame Judi Dench? It's funny, I look
:56:54. > :57:01.at the poster and I go, wow, I made a film with Judi Dench! She is very
:57:02. > :57:08.down to earth, not pressures. Really wonderful company. I sort of went on
:57:09. > :57:17.my own little road trip with her. -- not precious.
:57:18. > :57:21.And there is Bruce Dern. I have not seen his performance but you really
:57:22. > :57:30.rated it. I think he is one of the greatest actors of our generation.
:57:31. > :57:36.He played villains for a lot of his films and in Nebraska he plays a
:57:37. > :57:41.part which is tender and somehow vulnerable. I think he does it
:57:42. > :57:50.brilliantly. He became toast of the town when it played at the film
:57:51. > :57:53.festival. How great is it that someone with this history has been
:57:54. > :57:58.recognised around the world for Nebraska? It is a funny, insightful
:57:59. > :58:04.movie, absolutely held together by Bruce Dern. I am completely
:58:05. > :58:10.starstruck by him. Great to see him here and it looked like he was
:58:11. > :58:17.signing autographs. Mark, we have to let you go because you are a member
:58:18. > :58:22.of BAFTA. Before you leave us, I have to ask for your predictions.
:58:23. > :58:35.Well, it is foolish to do it. Best film, 12 Years A Slave. Best actor,
:58:36. > :58:51.duet eligible. Best actress, I'm still Kate Blanchett. -- Cate. Thank
:58:52. > :58:59.you very much indeed for being with us as we continue to be drowned out
:59:00. > :59:04.here. I'm with Michael Fassbender, one of
:59:05. > :59:10.the stars of 12 Years A Slave. What was it like to make this harrowing,
:59:11. > :59:17.intense movie? There was a lot of responsibility that I felt, just
:59:18. > :59:25.because of the subject matter. When I got the script of Steve I'd never
:59:26. > :59:32.heard of Solomon before. -- off Steve. As soon as I read the script
:59:33. > :59:35.I knew it was going to be an important piece. You have a long and
:59:36. > :59:44.successful working relationship with Steve McQueen. Yes, he is an artist.
:59:45. > :59:55.He has a great understanding of people, use a great leader onset. --
:59:56. > :00:00.he is a great leader on set. He allows you space to explore things
:00:01. > :00:06.and fail and that's OK. It's always a challenging experience. As an
:00:07. > :00:14.actor, how much responsibility do you feel playing a part like this? A
:00:15. > :00:22.lot. There is a lot of responsibility because it is real
:00:23. > :00:23.history and a real hero. Every time I was doing my homework I kept that
:00:24. > :00:35.in mind. That was Michael Fassbender. This is
:00:36. > :00:42.Christian Bale. He has been going for some time. A Lord of the very
:00:43. > :00:52.big stars are often very generous with their time here at the BAFTAs.
:00:53. > :00:56.People are often asking if they can have their photograph taken with
:00:57. > :01:03.them. Christian Bale is one of the lead actors in American Hustle. Amy
:01:04. > :01:07.Adams is his co-star. She appears to be in every American film at the
:01:08. > :01:15.moment. She is the darling of American cinema along with Jennifer
:01:16. > :01:20.Lawrence. Another very strong performance from Amy Adams. She is
:01:21. > :01:39.nominated alongside Kate Blanchette or Blue Jasmine. We will find out in
:01:40. > :01:49.the next couple of hours. Christian Bale is up against Chiwetel Ejiofor
:01:50. > :01:57.in 12 Years A Slave. We can see Paul Greengrass who is the director of
:01:58. > :02:02.Captain Phillips. That is the story of an American ship which was
:02:03. > :02:08.ordered by pirates from Somalia. That was a true story. An
:02:09. > :02:18.extraordinarily tense film to watch. It is extremely well made. Very good
:02:19. > :02:26.performances from all of the cast. Mark Kermode rates Paul Greengrass
:02:27. > :02:31.very highly indeed. We are usually by this stage in the evening
:02:32. > :02:35.somewhat deafened by all of the noise. As Leonardo DiCaprio went
:02:36. > :02:42.behind us on the red carpet, a few of us lost part of an eardrum! There
:02:43. > :02:48.was a huge amount of screaming for him. He plays the lead role in the
:02:49. > :02:57.film by Martin Scorsese the wealth of Wall Street. -- the wealth of
:02:58. > :03:02.Wall Street. Ron Howard, the director, posing for photographs.
:03:03. > :03:07.That is very close to the entrance of the Royal Opera House. Everyone
:03:08. > :03:12.is going inside to prepare for the ceremony. We can go back to Lizo
:03:13. > :03:23.Mzimba. I am joined by Bradley Cooper! It was a fallen film to
:03:24. > :03:35.make? It was a lot of work. It was a beautiful script. I am stunned by
:03:36. > :03:42.your star quality! It was an amazing experience. I was very excited about
:03:43. > :03:47.working with Christian Bale. I am at huge fan of his and to be able to
:03:48. > :03:52.work with him, it was amazing. It must have been fun to work with
:03:53. > :03:57.Jennifer Lawrence again. We did not have any scenes together, so it was
:03:58. > :04:05.mainly with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. People talked about that
:04:06. > :04:14.amazing here you had. Yes, the curly hair. What was it like to be working
:04:15. > :04:20.with David O Russell? It is rare that you get to work with the people
:04:21. > :04:27.you love and with friends. But he is a great director and a writer. I
:04:28. > :04:29.love that we happened to be working together and we had such a great
:04:30. > :04:37.bond and we could bring that to light. The BAFTAs matter the
:04:38. > :04:42.Americans? Yes, Steve Coogan and Michael Fassbender, it is absolutely
:04:43. > :04:48.awesome. Thank you. Radley Cooper. And here are two
:04:49. > :04:55.people that I do not need to name. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Given
:04:56. > :05:00.that we are looking at the back of his head, I better mention here he
:05:01. > :05:06.is. He plays a sympathetic character in 12 Years A Slave. He was one of
:05:07. > :05:10.the producers of that film. Money came from an awful lot of different
:05:11. > :05:16.sources to make that movie. He was one of the producers. We were
:05:17. > :05:21.talking about being drowned out by the screams were Leonardo DiCaprio.
:05:22. > :05:27.It will not come as a surprise that the same is happening now for Brad
:05:28. > :05:35.Pitt. -- the screams for Leonardo DiCaprio. Brad Pitt is playing one
:05:36. > :05:40.of the few sympathetic white characters in 12 Years A Slave that.
:05:41. > :05:47.He listens to the story of Soloman Northup. He believes him when he
:05:48. > :05:52.explains that he used to be a free man and that he was kidnapped and
:05:53. > :05:58.taken into slavery. It is with the assistance of his character that he
:05:59. > :06:03.finally, after 12 years, he is returned to his family and freedom.
:06:04. > :06:12.There he is with his wife. They are signing autographs. All of the
:06:13. > :06:17.camera flashes going off. He is not nominated for his role in that film.
:06:18. > :06:24.But he is here in his role as the producer of the film. Lizo Mzimba
:06:25. > :06:30.was talking to Bradley Cooper. Bradley Cooper is nominated for his
:06:31. > :06:33.performance in American Hustle. Just to explain, Bradley Cooper has quite
:06:34. > :06:39.a poem in that film. It is quite something. We can go back to Lizo
:06:40. > :06:46.Mzimba. I am with someone who needs no introduction. Jane Judi Dench,
:06:47. > :06:53.your record 50th bass -- BAFTA nomination. How does that feel.
:06:54. > :06:58.Until you said, did not know. But thank you for reminding me. You have
:06:59. > :07:03.an incredible career. What has it meant to you as an actress? It means
:07:04. > :07:13.I have in going on for a very long time. I am absolutely appalled at
:07:14. > :07:20.how old is she be. I am so thrilled. Of course the role as Philomena, it
:07:21. > :07:26.was an incredible story. She will be here in a minute. The real thing.
:07:27. > :07:31.What was it like playing her on-screen. Do you feel an enormous
:07:32. > :07:36.responsibility? Of course you do. When it is someone who is alive and
:07:37. > :07:42.breathing and standing beside you, I was nervous. But it was absolutely
:07:43. > :07:48.wonderful to meet her and to get to know her. What was it like working
:07:49. > :07:55.with Steve Coogan? He is just something else. He fell into
:07:56. > :08:02.everything very, very easily. The straight acting and stand-up acting,
:08:03. > :08:07.put me in a room with a lot of people and ask me to tell a joke and
:08:08. > :08:13.I would just die. Thank you so much for talking to us. Enjoy the show.
:08:14. > :08:31.Damon Judi Dench. Will she take the Best Actress category? -- Dane Judi
:08:32. > :08:40.Dench. Thinking about Judi Dench, so many lovely stories told about her
:08:41. > :08:44.performance. She is very open about having difficulties with her
:08:45. > :08:49.eyesight. So many people who worked on the film telling stories about
:08:50. > :08:54.how every single day, she turned up on set absolutely WordPerfect, never
:08:55. > :08:58.ever letting any of her slight difficulties get in the way of her
:08:59. > :09:01.professionalism as an actress. Everyone speaks with enormous
:09:02. > :09:08.affection about her role in that film. Steve Coogan had the idea for
:09:09. > :09:15.making that film. It was a book written by Martin sixsmith. It was a
:09:16. > :09:19.newspaper article about that book and then Steve Coogan read that
:09:20. > :09:23.article, he thought it sounded like it would make a good film and it
:09:24. > :09:29.did. Tonight it is nominated in a BAFTA category. It is nominated
:09:30. > :09:42.alongside Gravity and a number of others. Let's go back to Lizo
:09:43. > :09:53.Mzimba. Thank you. I am joined by Dame Helen Mirren. I do. Isn't that
:09:54. > :09:56.great? It is a great way to come to an awards ceremony. Knowing that you
:09:57. > :10:01.are not going to win and knowing that you are going to win and that
:10:02. > :10:05.is fantastic! Tonight is the only night I have ever done that. What
:10:06. > :10:11.went through your head when they said they were giving you the
:10:12. > :10:19.ultimate accolade? I said, all my goodness, am I that grown-up? I was
:10:20. > :10:23.very, very pleased and flattered. I was absolutely thrilled and
:10:24. > :10:29.honoured. I take it very, very seriously. Especially in this world,
:10:30. > :10:35.the world of cinema. I started off working in the theatre. To be
:10:36. > :10:42.recognised for a lifetime of work in film, that is incredible. People
:10:43. > :10:48.have been talking up out your comments in the last 24 hours. I did
:10:49. > :10:59.not ring that up but it was in response to a question. -- I did not
:11:00. > :11:02.bring that up. I think, I honestly do not know enough because I have
:11:03. > :11:07.not watched another television recently to know what the issue is.
:11:08. > :11:27.Finally, have you met the Duke of Cambridge? Nope. I have not met him
:11:28. > :11:41.before so that will be wonderful. What will it be like meeting him? I
:11:42. > :11:49.did not completely blew it when I played his grandmother! I could not
:11:50. > :11:53.hear Dame Helen Mirren because everyone was screaming for Brad
:11:54. > :11:58.Pitt. I guess that even Dame Helen Mirren will understand that. We can
:11:59. > :12:05.see them at Thomson and her husband Greg Wise before they go into the
:12:06. > :12:11.opera house. She is nominated for Best Actress in Saving Mr. Banks.
:12:12. > :12:15.There is Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. I thought they had stopped
:12:16. > :12:20.signing autographs but they are signing lots more. They are still
:12:21. > :12:31.some way I'm actually entering into the Royal Opera House. -- before
:12:32. > :12:35.actually. There are very strict timing is around the schedule
:12:36. > :12:42.tonight. We were hearing from Dame Helen Mirren and her fellowship
:12:43. > :12:47.award, that will be given by Prince Wiliam, the Duke of Cambridge. That
:12:48. > :12:54.is making timing is even more strict than they usually are. Prince
:12:55. > :13:00.Wiliam, of course, has an association with BAFTA. It is not
:13:01. > :13:04.the first time that he has come to the awards ceremony. It is the worst
:13:05. > :13:08.time that he will actually have walked up the red carpet. There is
:13:09. > :13:35.considerable excitement here about that. I had stopped talking on the
:13:36. > :13:39.grounds that I am not sure anyone can hear me and I certainly cannot
:13:40. > :13:47.hear myself. Angelina Jolie just straightening the bow tie up rapid.
:13:48. > :13:52.There is Oprah Winfrey. She is nominated for her role in The
:13:53. > :13:59.Butler. That is in the Best Supporting Actress category. That is
:14:00. > :14:06.alongside Sally Hawkins who stars in Blue Jasmine. I had not spotted
:14:07. > :14:20.Sally Hawkins yet. But she is the to be here. Damon Judi Dench is behind
:14:21. > :14:28.me. Michael Fassbender. -- Street and in the bow tie of her partner
:14:29. > :14:36.Brad Pitt. Dame Helen Mirren receiving the BAFTA Fellowship
:14:37. > :14:41.award. The BAFTA awards have been running for a number of years but it
:14:42. > :14:46.is in the last few years that they have taken on this added stature, I
:14:47. > :14:51.think. That is reflected in the number of really big names that we
:14:52. > :14:58.are seeing here on the red carpet outside the Royal Opera House in
:14:59. > :15:02.Covent Garden tonight. Many members of the public have queued up to see
:15:03. > :15:05.people arriving. This year, I felt that we have seen more members of
:15:06. > :15:12.the public than ever, despite some really bad weather. Stanley Tucci,
:15:13. > :15:20.the actor, is presenting an award tonight. He is greeting some fellow
:15:21. > :15:27.actors, Bradley Cooper, among them. Worth remembering that the Oscar
:15:28. > :15:32.voting opened earlier in the week. Those people who have the ability to
:15:33. > :15:38.vote in the Oscars, they may well be watching tonight. Perhaps they have
:15:39. > :15:49.not made up their mind. Perhaps it might influence them? that is why
:15:50. > :15:58.the BAFTAs are growing in importance. So in the next couple of
:15:59. > :16:19.hours we will know where the plaudits have gone. Find out later
:16:20. > :16:26.on BBC News. Oprah posing for the last few
:16:27. > :16:36.photographs, nominated alongside Sally Hawkins. Steve Coogan is
:16:37. > :16:43.there, nominated for three things. He could take the best film or Best
:16:44. > :16:54.British film. And he also co-wrote that, and they are nominated for
:16:55. > :17:03.best screenplay, as is Jane -- Dame Judi Dench, nominated for the title
:17:04. > :17:07.role of Philomena. Dame Helen Mirren telling us earlier how lovely it was
:17:08. > :17:18.not to be short listed and to turn up knowing that you are going to be
:17:19. > :17:23.receiving an award. She said she would be keeping a speech barely
:17:24. > :17:29.short because it is near the end of the evening and people will be
:17:30. > :17:37.thinking about going home. Lots of demand for her photograph here. No
:17:38. > :17:48.surprise, a long career in film and television as well, of course, over
:17:49. > :17:52.many years. Notably in Prime Suspect, perhaps what she is best
:17:53. > :17:59.known for in the UK. She will be presented with her award by Prince
:18:00. > :18:13.William. The screens surge as he is driven towards the Royal Opera house
:18:14. > :18:26.tonight. -- screams surge. He is greeted at the bottom of the red
:18:27. > :18:31.carpet. A huge point of screams. We did know he was coming on his own
:18:32. > :18:35.tonight. Perhaps a slight element of disappointment to some in the crowd
:18:36. > :18:40.about that, but nonetheless enormous excitement he will be presenting the
:18:41. > :18:50.Fellowship award to Helen Mirren at the end of this evening's ceremony.
:18:51. > :18:56.This ceremony tonight as ever is presented by Stephen Fry. We saw him
:18:57. > :19:17.arrived about half an hour ago. -- him arrive. Lots of smiles and
:19:18. > :19:20.camera phones. This is quite a strange sight because usually at
:19:21. > :19:28.this point in the evening there are still do people behind us on the red
:19:29. > :19:38.carpet giving interviews and signing autographs. Quite different now that
:19:39. > :19:44.Prince William is here. He is talking to a man in the crowd that I
:19:45. > :19:50.was talking to earlier, one of the men who said he'd been queueing up
:19:51. > :19:56.since Saturday morning, determined to see a host of people, including
:19:57. > :19:59.Prince William. They had stayed overnight and said they were let on
:20:00. > :20:03.to the end of the red carpet at about 1pm this afternoon, so they
:20:04. > :20:12.had to basically camp out in the very cold, wet London weather. That
:20:13. > :20:52.is determination. Prince William of course was at the
:20:53. > :20:59.premiere of Long Walk To Freedom, the film about Nelson Mandela. That
:21:00. > :21:05.Premier turned out to be on the evening that he died, and Prince
:21:06. > :21:15.William made if you moving comments at the end of that film. Idris Elba
:21:16. > :21:38.of course was playing Nelson Mandela. -- made a few moving
:21:39. > :21:45.comments. Very slow progress up the red carpet even for loyalty --
:21:46. > :21:48.royalty. He is being very attentive and speaking to many people before
:21:49. > :22:02.he will doubtless be ushered away so that this evening's ceremony can
:22:03. > :22:11.begin. To remind you, if you haven't seen all our coverage this evening,
:22:12. > :22:21.a really remarkable turnout from a lot of British talent and American
:22:22. > :22:25.stars as well. Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Angelina
:22:26. > :22:32.Jolie, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, so many very big
:22:33. > :22:43.names now making the effort to fly above from the states to try to make
:22:44. > :22:49.a good impression. -- to fly over from the States. If they can pick up
:22:50. > :22:52.an award and get their photograph taken, there is a sense it will
:22:53. > :23:06.boost their chances for the Oscars next month in Los Angeles will stop
:23:07. > :23:18.-- in Los Angeles. A futures for Prince William as he makes his up
:23:19. > :23:27.the red carpet. -- a few cheers. With Amanda Berry from BAFTA. And
:23:28. > :23:34.even the many members of the press behind me on the podium here are
:23:35. > :23:38.keen to take photographs of the Prince as he enters the Opera house.
:23:39. > :23:48.The ceremony is due to begin in the next half-hour or so, hosted by Fry.
:23:49. > :23:53.Then we will find out who is winning the coveted awards this evening. We
:23:54. > :24:02.will of course bring you all the results as they come through. We
:24:03. > :24:06.will have a sneak preview in a usual position inside the Royal Opera
:24:07. > :24:17.house later this evening and we will bring you all the results as they
:24:18. > :24:26.happen. Will you be Gravity, will it be 12 Years A Slave, directed by
:24:27. > :24:39.Steve McQueen? Will it be American Hustle? Find out here on BBC news
:24:40. > :24:46.over the course of the evening. As well as all the Bacton News, 16
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