Mikey Madison has revealed the advice movie superstar Robert De Niro gave her ahead of her shock Best Actress win at the BAFTAs on Sunday.
The Anora actress, 25, beat favourite Demi Moore to the prize and following her acceptance speech revealed the 81-year-old Godfather star’s words of wisdom turned out to not be so helpful.
Still shocked following her win, she said: ‘I’m disassociating right now, but I am incredibly honoured. I wish I had made a better speech, Robert De Niro told me on a talk show not to prepare a speech, so I thought it best to listen to him.’
Mickey and Robert, who has been nominated for eight BAFTAs and won two Oscars, appeared together on a recent episode of The Graham Norton Show.
The actress went on: ‘It is really surreal. I don’t know if I will ever grasp the magnitude of being at a room like that. In a room with people who made me fall in love with film and acting.’
‘Well my best friend is here with me so I will be celebrating with her and I will probably call my mum again.’
Mikey Madison, 25, has revealed the advice movie superstar Robert De Niro gave her ahead of her shock Best Actress win at the BAFTAs on Sunday.
The Anora actress beat favourite Demi Moore to the prize and following her acceptance speech revealed the 81-year-old Godfather star’s words of wisdom turned out to not be so helpful
During a her speech a shocked Mickey muttered: ‘I should have listened to my publicist and written a speech or something’.
She went on to praise the film’s director Sean Baker for ‘changing her life’ before thanking the cast and crew.
Alongside Mikey, Adrien Brody scooped Best Actor and Actress at the ceremony, while Conclave and The Brutalist equally led the pack with four awards.
The biggest night in British film returned with actor David Tennant as host and an array of guest presenters on hand to deliver awards throughout the night.
Up against a huge list of 10 nominees, Conclave – who won Best Film – came up triumphs in BAFTAs very unique category Outstanding British Film Award – adding to their previous two gongs for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing.
The Brutalist won four awards including Adrien’s Best Actor, impressive Best Director gong for the well-deserving Brady Corbet, Best Cinematography gong and Best Original Score.
Acknowledging the ‘British public’, Adrien shared a moving tribute to England, admitting ‘It’s felt quite a bit like home lately’.
He said: ‘I am so grateful. I want to thank the British public for embracing me and my creative endeavors. It is incredibly meaningful as England has felt quite a bit like home lately. I will cherish this, thank you all’.
She said: ‘I wish I had made a better speech, Robert De Niro told me on a talk show not to prepare a speech, so I thought it best to listen to him’
The actress went on: ‘It is really surreal. I don’t know if I will ever grasp the magnitude of being at a room like that. In a room with people who made me fall in love with film and acting’
Mickey and Robert, who has been nominated for eight BAFTAs and won two Oscars , appeared together on a recent episode of The Graham Norton Show
Mikey pictured in the movie in which she plays a young sex worker who marries the son of an oligarch
Brady said: ‘I am humbled and very grateful, there is no such thing as best director, it’s like a joke.’
Receiving the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film for Conclave, director Edward Berger said: ‘It is a huge honour, outstanding British film, and I’m not even from here! I feel so welcome in your midst. We live in a time of crisis for democracy. Institutions that used to bring us together are used to pull us apart.
‘Sometimes it is hard to keep the faith in that situation, but that’s why we make movies and that’s why we made this movie.’
As well as Mikey’s Best Actress award, the $6million Independent movie Anora, which beat blockbuster movies at the Critics Choice Awards last week, picked up Best Casting gong.
Tearful Zoe Saldana accepted Best Supporting Actress award with a expletive-laden speech for her Mexican movie Emilia Perez.
The award-winning actress, 46, was quickly pulled off camera for swearing as she shouted ‘f***, f***, f***’ when the countdown hurried her.
Zoe was in floods of tears as she accepted the award, admitting it is ‘so validating and a true honour’ to be honoured an award after being previously told by dialect coaches ‘that her British accent wasn’t going to work’.
Listing off her thank yous, Zoe said: ‘Oh my god I’m getting a countdown. F*** f*** f***!’
Alongside Mikey , Adrien Brody scooped Best Actor and Actress at the ceremony, while Conclave and The Brutalist equally led the pack with four awards
Tearful Zoe Saldana accepted Best Supporting Actress award with a expletive-laden speech for her Mexican movie Emilia Perez
Up against a huge list of 10 nominees, Conclave – who won Best Film – came up triumphs in BAFTAs very unique category Outstanding British Film Award (stars Isabella Rosselini and Ralph Fiennes pictured)
The Mexican movie, which has received mixed reviews despite its starring cast including Selena Gomez, is up for a staggering 11 nominations.
Jesse Eisenberg, 41, accepted his co-star Kieran Culkin’s Best Supporting Actor gong for his starring role in A Real Pain.
Picking up Kieran’s gong, which he admitted is the fifth time he has received an award on his behalf this season, Jesse joked: ‘It’s confirmed what I always thought… we have a similar life but his is 27% better than mine.’
Jesse, who directed and starred in A Real Pain, also collected Best Original Screenplay gong and shared an emotional speech on the stage.
Picking up the movie’s second prize, he admitted: ‘I didn’t write anything because I didn’t think I’d win. I want to share this with my wife, who didn’t come because she didn’t think I’d win.’
