{"id":30259,"date":"2023-02-19T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1787464"},"modified":"2023-02-19T20:46:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T19:46:32","slug":"richard-e-grant-on-hosting-the-baftas-its-like-a-dream-come-true","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/richard-e-grant-on-hosting-the-baftas-its-like-a-dream-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard E Grant on hosting the BAFTAs: \u201cIt\u2019s like a dream come true\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking to Sarfraz Manzoor in Radio Times magazine, Richard E Grant discusses his life, his career and his “dream come true” of hosting the BAFTA Film Awards. <\/p>

By Sarfraz Manzoor\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 19 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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This interview was originally published in\u00a0Radio Times magazine<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Richard E Grant is hugely excited. And this is not hugely surprising \u2013 because frankly, being hugely excited is very much Grant\u2019s brand these days. It started when he posted a video of himself in 2019 standing outside his flat in London, reacting to the news that he had been nominated for an Oscar<\/a> for his role in the film Can You Ever Forgive Me? He was, suffice to say, hugely excited.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the same year he was hugely excited when he stood outside the home of his childhood hero Barbra Streisand, with a letter he\u2019d sent to her when he was 14 years old \u2013 and even more excited when Streisand replied to his Tweet about it. And he is \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 hugely excited about his new role hosting this year\u2019s BAFTA Film Awards<\/a>. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a dream come true,\u201d he tells me when we meet at BAFTA\u2019s offices in central London. \u201cI was astonished to be asked because I always thought that the people who host awards are comedians. I was surprised that they chose an actor\u2026 who\u2019s not Ricky Gervais.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Usually, when a comedian like Gervais or Chris Rock is given an awards hosting job, their role is to mock and tease the nominees \u2013 but Grant sees things differently. \u201cI\u2019ve always been a fanboy,\u201d he says, \u201cso having the opportunity to host means [being able to] share my unabashed fandom and celebration of the movies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you ready? \ud83e\udd29 Join us for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday 19th February at 7pm on @BBCOne<\/a> and iPlayer or @BritBox_US<\/a> if you’re watching from the US. #EEBAFTAs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/36aT2qx4Ys<\/a><\/p>\u2014 BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>