Replace, February 13 10.40 GMT: Display has confirmed that Karla Sofia Gascon is not going to be attending the Bafta Movie Awards this Sunday, February 16.
Gascon is nominated for greatest actress in a number one function; however has been largely absent from the awards circuit for the reason that discovery of her previous derogatory social media posts on the finish of final month.
Netflix stays in touch with Gascon’s group.
Unique story: Nominees Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez and Timothee Chalamet are among the many actors confirmed to attend the Bafta Movie Awards this Sunday, February 16; fellow nominee Karla Sofia Gascon, nonetheless, just isn’t anticipated to attend.
Emilia Perez star Gascon just isn’t amongst Bafta’s listing of confirmed attendees, regardless of being nominated for greatest actress in a number one function. Gascon’s awards marketing campaign has been mired in controversy for the reason that discovery on the finish of final month of derogatory social media posts on a variety of subjects. She has been largely absent from the awards circuit for the reason that posts had been broadly shared on-line.
Her co-stars Gomez and Zoe Saldana, each nominated for greatest actress in a supporting function, will attend the ceremony as award presenters; and writer-director and four-time nominee Jacques Audiard may even be in attendance.
Twenty-one of the 24 performing nominees are confirmed to attend the ceremony, with Gascon, Sing Sing’s Clarence Maclin and The Final Showgirl’s Jamie Lee Curtis not confirmed.
For its 20th anniversary, Letitia Wright and James McAvoy will current the rising star award. Each actors are earlier winners – Wright in 2019 and McAvoy for the primary award in 2006 – in addition to being Display Stars of Tomorrow from 2012 and 2004.
Different high UK names strolling the pink carpet on Sunday night will embrace Hugh Grant and Ralph Fiennes, each nominated for actor in a number one function; Andrea Arnold, nominated for excellent British movie for Chicken; actress in a number one function nominee Cynthia Erivo; Dev Patel, nominated for excellent debut by a British author, director or producer for Monkey Man; and Kate Winslet, nominated as producer of excellent British movie nominee Lee, wherein she stars.
Kneecap trio JJ Ó Dochartaigh, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh and Naoise Ó Cairealláin are all on the listing to attend, as is the movie’s writer-director Wealthy Peppiatt, with Kneecap up for six awards.
Bafta president the Prince of Wales and his spouse the Princess of Wales is not going to be in attendance. The Prince has recorded a video message to be performed on the ceremony; he recorded the message on a go to to the London Display Academy this week, the place he met movie college students.
Confirmed presenters on the evening embrace actor in a number one function nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing); Leo Woodall; rising star nominee Marisa Abela; Pamela Anderson; and A Actual Ache writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg.
Warwick Davis was beforehand introduced as recipient of this 12 months’s Bafta Fellowship, with UK cinema charity MediCinema receiving the excellent British contribution to cinema award.
David Tennant will host the ceremony, which might be broadcast on Sunday night from 7.00pm GMT on BBC One and iPlayer within the UK.