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Dame Emma Thompson ‘allergic to the Oscars’ after falling ‘seriously ill’ following her two wins-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro
‘I found the pressure and glare of it too much,’ she revealed.
Dame Emma has been her usual frank self (Picture: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Dame Emma Thompson has said that attending the Oscars has made her ‘seriously ill’ in the past and joked that she’s developed an ‘allergy to that part of the job’.
The 63-year-old actress, known for films including Nanny McPhee and Sense and Sensibility, has previously won two Academy Awards.
Speaking about her experience of attending the coveted awards show, Dame Emma said: ‘Both times I had to do the Oscars I got seriously ill.
‘I found the pressure and glare of it too much.
‘It’s astonishing – and then afterwards you want to lie down in a dark room. You think, “Please don’t ask me any questions or make me talk about myself.”
‘I quickly developed a sort of allergy to that part of the job.’
The actress’s first win came in 1992 for her performance in Howards End (Picture: /Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
With Jim Carrey and Sir Elton John at the Elton John AIDS Foundation Party, following her 1995 win for best adapted screenplay (Picture: KMazur/WireImage)
The star, who dazzled at the Baftas on Sunday in an elegant cream suit, also added to the Radio Times that she felt ‘lucky’ with her experience compared to some as she pointed out that ‘it must be awful if you’re James Bond’.
Dame Emma scooped the Oscar for best actress in 1992 for her performance in Howards End and was later awarded best adapted screenplay in 1995 for her work on Sense and Sensibility.
At this year’s Baftas, she was up for best actress for her performance in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande opposite Daryl McCormack, who was also nominated for best actor and the EE Rising Star award.
Dame Emma dazzled at the Baftas on Sunday, where she was a nominee (Picture: Samir Hussein/WireImage)
With co-star Daryl McCormack, promoting their Bafta-nominated film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (Picture: Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images)
They ultimately lost to Cate Blanchett, Austin Butler and Emma Mackey in those categories, while the film also missed out in extremely competitive categories for outstanding debut for writer Katy Brand and outstanding British film of the year.
Those accolades went to Charlotte Wells for Aftersun and The Banshees of Inisherin, respectively.
Stephen Fry, Tony Slattery, Paul Shearer, Hugh Laurie, Dame Emma and Penny Dwyer in 1982 for the BBC televised version of The Cambridge Footlights Review (Picture: Radio Times via Getty Images)
The actress, who attended the University of Cambridge, also admitted that she initially only joined the university’s prestigious Cambridge Footlights drama group ‘for fun’.
During Dame Emma’s time in the club, fellow actors Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie were also members.
‘Stephen and Hugh were remarkable. Those times were magical,’ she recalled.
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However, she added that they purely did their performances ‘for fun’, and that they ‘weren’t waiting for people to come and see the show and pick us up’.
The actress was made a dame in 2018 for her services to drama.
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