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David Tennant hosted the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards and, during his opening monologue, criticized Donald Trump as he runs for president in the US.
As Tennant looked around the room to recognize the different films nominated at the gala, he talked about poor thingsthe film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone.
“poor things, where the brain of a child is placed in the body of an adult,” Tennant said. “And later this year, one of them could be re-elected president.”
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Tennant also thanked Wonka, calling it “an absolute delight” as it was “a movie totally about chocolate.”
“I think Wonka gave us all a Increase” Tennant joked, receiving a belated laugh from the audience. “And a Twix, a Crunchy and an Aero.”
He added: “Maybe you need to explain it to some of our American friends. “It’s the name of chocolate bars, like Hershey’s, but they taste better.”
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He doctor who The student also mentioned Christopher Nolan. oppenheimerclaiming that the “script went through many rewrites.”
“I believe in the first draft, right at the last minute, Liam Neeson comes in and spreads it,” he joked.
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Recognition could not be missed at the ceremony Barbiewhom Tennant called “fantastic.”
“I keep thinking about poor, maligned Ken, who Ryan Gosling brought to life,” he said. “Over the course of that film, Ken becomes a progressive, a defender of the marginalized, a voice for the oppressed. And if you squint at the end credits, you’ll even see that Ken’s last name is actually Loache.”
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Watch the full opening monologue in the video above.