Last night’s glittering Baftas ceremony was full of special moments: Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley became the first ever Irish woman to win the Best Actress prize, One Battle After Another swept the board with six trophies, and Kylie Jenner encountered the quintessential British pub snack, Scampi Fries, for the first time. But the real cockle-warmer had to be the moment I Swear’s Robert Aramayo, a young lad from Hull, beat Leonardo DiCaprio to win Best Actor.
Taking to the stage to accept the award – his second of the night after his Rising Star win – a gobsmacked Aramayo gestured at DiCaprio and said: “I can’t believe I’m looking at people like you and I’m in the same category as you. Never mind that I’m stood here.” He was crying, we were crying, his dad was definitely crying – and DiCaprio even looked like he was on the verge of a little sob.
