David Tennant hosted the 2024 BAFTA Movie Awards and, throughout his opening monologue, took a jab at Donald Trump as he makes a presidential run within the U.S.
As Tennant regarded across the room to acknowledge the completely different movies nominated on the gala, he talked about Poor Issues, the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed movie starring Emma Stone.
“Poor Issues, the place a toddler’s mind is put in an grownup’s physique,” Tennant mentioned. “And later this yr, a kind of could also be reelected president.”
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Tennant additionally gave a shoutout to Wonka, calling it “an absolute delight,” because it was “a movie all about chocolate.”
“I believe Wonka gave us all a Enhance,” Tennant quipped, receiving a delayed laughter from the viewers. “And a Twix, and a Crunchy and an Aero.”
He added, “You would possibly want to elucidate that to a few of our American associates. It’s concerning the title of chocolate bars, like Hershey’s however they style nicer.”
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The Physician Who alum additionally talked about Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, alleging that the “script went by a variety of rewrites.”
“I consider within the first draft, proper within the final minute, Liam Neeson is available in and diffuses it,” he joked.
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The ceremony couldn’t have missed acknowledging Barbie, who Tennant referred to as “improbable.”
“I preserve occupied with poor-maligned Ken — delivered to life by Ryan Gosling,” he mentioned. “In the midst of that movie, Ken turns into a progressive, a champion of the marginalized, a voice for the oppressed. And when you squint on the finish credit, you’ll even see Ken’s surname is definitely Roache.”
Tennant was making reference to Coronation Avenue actor William Roache who performs Ken Barlow within the English cleaning soap.
See the complete opening monologue within the video above.
