In the lead up to the BAFTAs on Sunday night, EE Rising Star nominee Josh O’Connor admits that he doesn’t expect to win against Black Panther’s Daniel Kaluuya.
Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, the 27-year-old rather humbly admits to his expectations of the night and why he believes now is the perfect time for queer and diverse films in the industry.
The actor from Cheltenham currently stars in the Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country, the only UK-based production to feature in the world drama category at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival where it won the world cinema directing award.
Josh, who is also up against Thor’s Tessa Thompson, Lady Macbeth’s Florence Pugh and Call Me By Your Name’s Timothée Chalamet for the Rising Star award, revealed that he is just pleased to be in the same category with actors he admires.
‘It’s so hard to say,’ he said when we asked him to explain… Read the full story