Richard E Grant cuts a dapper figure alongside daughter Olivia at the Pre-Bafta Filmmakers dinner as he prepares to host the main event
Richard E Grant cuts a dapper figure alongside daughter Olivia at the Pre-Bafta Filmmakers dinner at Bourdon House in London on Thursday.
The actor, 65, who is currently preparing to present this years 76th annual film awards ceremony later this week, was all smiles at the event hosted by Dunhill.
He certainly looked the part in a black double breasted blazer with a white shirt and pocket square.
Richard completed his smart outfit for the party with a dickie bow tie and patent leather brogues.
Stepping out to support her father, Olivia, 39, looked effortlessly elegant in a black gown with a key-hole neckline.
Smart: Richard E Grant cuts a dapper figure alongside daughter Olivia at the Pre-Bafta Filmmakers dinner at Bourdon House in London on Thursday
The stunning number nipped in at her waist with a leather piped belt, she then layered over a cropped blazer to top off her look.
Richard will be hosting the BAFTAs this year alongside This Morning presenter Alison Hammond, 48.
Speaking to Radio Times, he said organisers of the awards know he is not going to ‘roast’ fellow actors during the event.
The star – known for parts in Gosford Park, Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker and Downton Abbey – will host awards ceremony at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday.
He said he was ‘amazed’ to be in the company of comedians Stephen Fry, Graham Norton and Rebel Wilson, who have been hosts.
Last year, Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids actress Wilson made risqué jokes about the royal family, Vladimir Putin, the gender pay gap, her flop film Cats and her recent weight loss.
Richard added: ‘So I was surprised…and I thought because I was so unashamedly enthusiastic during the awards circuit four years ago, when I was nominated for (a Bafta).
‘(Bafta organisers) must know that I’m going to be a celebratory person rather than somebody who’s there to roast other actors so hopefully, that’s (going to) work out, I don’t know yet.’
Outing: The actor, 65, who is currently preparing to present this years 76th annual film awards ceremony later this week, was all smiles at the event hosted by Dunhill
He first rose to prominence by playing a hapless drunk actor in Withnail And I in 1987 and was nominated for a Bafta and an Oscar for his role in crime biography Can You Ever Forgive Me? in 2019.
Following his award nod, he released a video of him jumping on a trampoline to social media.
The comedy drama film is based on the true story of Lee Israel’s confessional autobiography of the same name about forging writer’s letters and sees Melissa McCarthy as Israel and Grant as Jack Hock, her accidental friend and accomplice.
On the Baftas next weekend, Grant said he was ‘such a fanboy’ of fellow thespians that he found it an ‘incredible privilege’ to meet Bafta nominees.
Chic: Stepping out to support her father, Olivia, 39, looked effortlessly elegant in a black gown with a key-hole neckline
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