Laurence Fox, 41, has been made the butt of the joke at the EE British Academy Film Awards 2020 this evening. The actor was mocked at the awards ceremony following his comments about a Sikh soldier being cast in Sir Sam Mendes’ movie 1917.
Laurence previously came under fire for his remark about the BAFTA nominated film on the James Delingpole podcast, in which he said: “It’s very heightened awareness of the colour of someone’s skin because of the oddness in the casting.
“Even in 1917 they’ve done it with a Sikh soldier, which is great, it’s brilliant, but you’re suddenly aware there were Sikhs fighting in this war. And you’re like ‘OK, you’re now diverting me away from what the story is’.
“It is kind of racist – if you talk about institutional racism, which is what everyone loves to go on about, which I’m not a believer in, there is something institutionally racist about forcing diversity on people in that way. You don’t want to think about [that].’”
Comedian Asim Chaudhry, who is best known for playing Chabuddy G, starred in a short skit at the BAFTAs tonight, which showed him auditioning Sam Mendes and Jojo Rabbit’s Roman Griffin Davis for the role of introducing host Graham Norton to the stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
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To Sam, who is the director of 1917, he quipped: “If you need any more brown guys for your war films, contact my agent. He’s Laurence Fox.”
The Chabuddy G star then addressed the #BaftasSoWhite trend, which appeared on Twitter after this year’s nominations were announced last month, due to a lack of diversity and representation across the acting categories.
Laurence Fox tweeted an apology for his comments about 1917 last month after historians pointed out the contribution of Sikhs in the British Army during World War One.
He wrote: “Fellow humans who are Sikhs, I am as moved by the sacrifices your relatives made as I am by the loss of all those who die in war, whatever creed or colour.
“Please accept my apology for being clumsy in the way I expressed myself.”
1917 is nominated in nine categories at the BAFTAs, including Best Film and Best British Film.
Laurence Fox previously sparked backlash by admitting he once broke up with a girlfriend for being “too woke”.
He explained: “I don’t know how we ended up together. It was a very short relationship.
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“We were walking down the road and she was talking about how good the Gillette advert was. I just looked at her and went, ‘Bye. Sorry, I can’t do this with you.’”
The Gillette advert in question showed images of bullying, sexual harassment, sexist behaviour and aggressive behaviour, as it targeted “toxic masculinity”.
Elsewhere at the BAFTAs, Al Pacino suffered an unfortunate mishap as he fell while walking up the stairs on the red carpet.
The actor, who is nominated for his role in Netlix’s The Irishman, shocked his girlfriend Meital Dohan, who quickly rushed to help him stand up.
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She was pictured offering her hand to the Hollywood star, as other attendees helped her to pick him up.
Fortunately, The Godfather actor didn’t appear to have sustained any injuries in the fall.
Al Pacino is in the running to pick up the gong for Best Supporting Actor at the awards show tonight.
Meanwhile, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star Brad Pitt was set to attend the awards tonight, but reportedly “pulled out” of the ceremony.
According to The Sun, Brad was unable to go to the awards due to a “family obligation”.
The publication added the Hollywood star is “all good” in spite of his absence at the event.
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