BAFTA Film Awards host David Tennant was in a boisterous temper for his opening monologue, which included well-received gags on the expense of Donald Trump.
Coming into the stage to a rendition of The Proclaimers tune I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), Tennant sang that he had “walked 500 miles simply to host one BAFTAs extra” after presiding over final 12 months’s occasion.
He handed the mic to viewers members together with Camila Cabello, James McAvoy, and Anna Kendrick who belted out the tune’s acquainted riff.
The Physician Who star poked enjoyable at Trump throughout his remarks, incomes loud applause from an viewers filled with Hollywood stars.
Tennant mentioned it was unlikely that Trump had seen The Apprentice movie as a result of “it’s a 15 [the film’s UK rating] and it’s not on Nickelodeon.” He continued: “Donald Trump. I’m anxious. I’ve mentioned his identify thrice. It’s like Beetlejuice – I’ve summoned him.”
He adopted this by saying, “Speaking of villains…” pausing to absorb the viewers’s glee. “We’ve obtained many this 12 months, not simply Nosferatu.”
The actor joked that BAFTA viewers members wouldn’t get a consolation break like cinemagoers having fun with The Brutalist intermission. He additionally pleaded with winners to maintain speeches brief: “Maintain speeches the other of your movies: good and brief.”
Turning to different nominees, he referred to as A Full Unknown “Mamma Mia from middle-aged dads,” and mentioned he thought the Dune sequel was referred to as “July.”
The 2025 BAFTA Movie Awards are going down on the Southbank Centre’s Royal Competition Corridor in London. Tennant is internet hosting for the second consecutive 12 months. The rolling checklist of winners is right here.
In his opening monologue last year, he made a prophetic joke about Donald Trump by way of the prism of Poor Issues, the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed movie starring Emma Stone. “Poor Issues, the place a baby’s mind is put in an grownup’s physique,” Tennant mentioned. “And later this 12 months, a kind of could also be reelected president.”
The Scottish actor lately admitted that he could have “p****d off” Cate Blanchett final 12 months with a gag about how ladies must “scramble and climb over Cate Blanchett to get your palms on an award — it’s a metaphor for the appearing trade usually.”
