John Hurt threw away his acceptance speech
John Hurt was honoured with a special award at the star-studded Bafta film awards ceremony, and revealed that his wife had advised him against giving a prepared acceptance speech. Billy Bob Thornton presented him with the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema and called him an "actor's actor". Receiving a standing ovation from the audience, he added: "Who would have thought all those years ago that I would have been sharing the stage of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Billy Bob Thornton? How fabulous."
Hurt, whose career has seen him star in films including Midnight Express and The Elephant Man, revealed his wife had advised him to bin the speech he had prepared because when he gives speeches he sounds "like somebody else".
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