It was a record-breaking night at the 2023 Baftas on Sunday for the anti-war epic All Quiet on the Western Front, which became the most celebrated foreign language film in the organisation’s history with seven wins.
The movie now has the highest number of Baftas for a foreign language film, a record previously held by the Italian coming-of-age drama Cinema Paradiso, which claimed five in 1988.
As well as winning trophies for Best Director and Best Score, among others, All Quiet on the Western Front won the biggest award of the night. It beat out competition for Best Film from The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Tar.
In his acceptance speech, cinematographer James Friend said that the film’s message – that young people can be “poisoned by right-wing nationalistic propaganda” and that “war is more than an adventure” – is as relevant now as it was more...
The movie now has the highest number of Baftas for a foreign language film, a record previously held by the Italian coming-of-age drama Cinema Paradiso, which claimed five in 1988.
As well as winning trophies for Best Director and Best Score, among others, All Quiet on the Western Front won the biggest award of the night. It beat out competition for Best Film from The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Tar.
In his acceptance speech, cinematographer James Friend said that the film’s message – that young people can be “poisoned by right-wing nationalistic propaganda” and that “war is more than an adventure” – is as relevant now as it was more...
- 2/19/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - Film
Richard E Grant was seen holding back tears as he introduced the In Memoriam segment at the 2023 Baftas on Sunday night (19 February).
The actor and host of the ceremony is grieving his wife, the dialect coach Joan Washington, who died in September 2021.
Grant had been married to Washington for 35 years and they were together for a total of 38. She died eight months after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.
Speaking at the ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Grant told the star-studded crowd: “Let’s take this opportunity to pay tribute to those members of the film community that were sadly lost over the past 12 months.”
Choking up and blinking back tears, he apologised, before continuing: “Their impact lives on in film. Let’s take a moment to remember them now.”
The segment honoured late film icons from Grease’s Olivia Newton John and Harry Potter’s Robbie Coltrane...
The actor and host of the ceremony is grieving his wife, the dialect coach Joan Washington, who died in September 2021.
Grant had been married to Washington for 35 years and they were together for a total of 38. She died eight months after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.
Speaking at the ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Grant told the star-studded crowd: “Let’s take this opportunity to pay tribute to those members of the film community that were sadly lost over the past 12 months.”
Choking up and blinking back tears, he apologised, before continuing: “Their impact lives on in film. Let’s take a moment to remember them now.”
The segment honoured late film icons from Grease’s Olivia Newton John and Harry Potter’s Robbie Coltrane...
- 2/19/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - Film
Richard E Grant has said that his friends have been trying to set him up with new women, but he is not ready after the death of his wife last year.
Washington, a respected vocal coach, died from lung cancer in September 2021. The couple had been together for 38 years.
Washington helped actors such as Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes perfect accents for their roles and was called “just the best, hands down” by Liv Tyler.
She and Grant married in 1986 and shared a daughter, Olivia, and a stepson, Tom, from Washington’s previous relationship.
In a new interview with The Guardian, Grant was asked whether people have been attempting to fix him up with “eligible women”, to which he replied: “Some have, yes. And I find that absolutely bizarre. It’s not something I could even conceive of at this point.
“It’s still too raw and present, and I...
Washington, a respected vocal coach, died from lung cancer in September 2021. The couple had been together for 38 years.
Washington helped actors such as Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes perfect accents for their roles and was called “just the best, hands down” by Liv Tyler.
She and Grant married in 1986 and shared a daughter, Olivia, and a stepson, Tom, from Washington’s previous relationship.
In a new interview with The Guardian, Grant was asked whether people have been attempting to fix him up with “eligible women”, to which he replied: “Some have, yes. And I find that absolutely bizarre. It’s not something I could even conceive of at this point.
“It’s still too raw and present, and I...
- 9/18/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - Film
He has delighted fans with his honesty about showbusiness – now he’s being just as open about the pain of losing his wife, Joan Washington. Is anything off limits?
Five days after Joan Washington, Richard E Grant’s wife of 35 years, died from lung cancer in September 2021, he got a phone call from a number he didn’t recognise. Grant and his daughter Olivia, then 32, were driving around, dealing with what he describes in his new memoir as “the bureaucracy of death”: filling out government forms, picking up hymn sheets for the funeral – all the banalities that come rushing at you when you’ve just lost the love of your life. Then the number flashed up. Olivia advised him not to answer, as it was probably a cold-caller. But Grant replied that it might be to do with the death certificate.
“Hi, it’s Elton,” said the caller.
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Five days after Joan Washington, Richard E Grant’s wife of 35 years, died from lung cancer in September 2021, he got a phone call from a number he didn’t recognise. Grant and his daughter Olivia, then 32, were driving around, dealing with what he describes in his new memoir as “the bureaucracy of death”: filling out government forms, picking up hymn sheets for the funeral – all the banalities that come rushing at you when you’ve just lost the love of your life. Then the number flashed up. Olivia advised him not to answer, as it was probably a cold-caller. But Grant replied that it might be to do with the death certificate.
“Hi, it’s Elton,” said the caller.
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- 9/17/2022
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
Richard E. Grant plays a melancholic drag queen who takes on a teenage mentee in Jonathan Butterell’s musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
But before signing on, Grant had never been to a drag show or seen a single episode of a certain Emmy-winning series from RuPaul and World of Wonder — so he immediately got to work on binge-watching included 11 seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race. “Their courage, chutzpah and creativity are off the scale. They are astonishing,” says the Oscar-nominated actor, who is now mourning the loss of his wife Joan Washington, a celebrated dialect ...
But before signing on, Grant had never been to a drag show or seen a single episode of a certain Emmy-winning series from RuPaul and World of Wonder — so he immediately got to work on binge-watching included 11 seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race. “Their courage, chutzpah and creativity are off the scale. They are astonishing,” says the Oscar-nominated actor, who is now mourning the loss of his wife Joan Washington, a celebrated dialect ...
- 9/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Richard E. Grant plays a melancholic drag queen who takes on a teenage mentee in Jonathan Butterell’s musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
But before signing on, Grant had never been to a drag show or seen a single episode of a certain Emmy-winning series from RuPaul and World of Wonder — so he immediately got to work on binge-watching included 11 seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race. “Their courage, chutzpah and creativity are off the scale. They are astonishing,” says the Oscar-nominated actor, who is now mourning the loss of his wife Joan Washington, a celebrated dialect ...
But before signing on, Grant had never been to a drag show or seen a single episode of a certain Emmy-winning series from RuPaul and World of Wonder — so he immediately got to work on binge-watching included 11 seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race. “Their courage, chutzpah and creativity are off the scale. They are astonishing,” says the Oscar-nominated actor, who is now mourning the loss of his wife Joan Washington, a celebrated dialect ...
- 9/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Joan Washington, a veteran dialect and voice coach and the wife of Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant, died Wednesday. Grant posted the news on social media Friday morning but did not provide details.
“Only You Joan – Love of my Life & Giver of Life to our daughter Olivia,” Grant wrote in a tweet that includes a video of the couple dancing and smiling (see it below). “Our hearts are broken with the loss of your life last night. 35 years married and 38 together. To be truly known and seen by you is your immeasurable gift. Do not forget us, sweet Monkee-mine.”
Washington began her career working as a dialect coach on Barbra Streisand’s 1983 movie Yentl. She had worked steadily in film and TV since then, contribution voice and/or dialect instruction on such titles as The Dressmaker, Highlander, Brassed Off, 101 Dalmatians and its sequel, Elizabeth, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,...
“Only You Joan – Love of my Life & Giver of Life to our daughter Olivia,” Grant wrote in a tweet that includes a video of the couple dancing and smiling (see it below). “Our hearts are broken with the loss of your life last night. 35 years married and 38 together. To be truly known and seen by you is your immeasurable gift. Do not forget us, sweet Monkee-mine.”
Washington began her career working as a dialect coach on Barbra Streisand’s 1983 movie Yentl. She had worked steadily in film and TV since then, contribution voice and/or dialect instruction on such titles as The Dressmaker, Highlander, Brassed Off, 101 Dalmatians and its sequel, Elizabeth, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,...
- 9/4/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Richard E. Grant shared the news that Joan Washington, his wife of more than three decades, passed away Wednesday night. Details of her death were not immediately available.
Grant shared the news via his social media early Friday morning. In his touching message, the Star Wars and The Iron Lady actor included a video of the duo singing and dancing to The Platters’ “Only You.”
“Only You Joan – Love of my Life & Giver of Life to our daughter Olivia,” Grant tweeted. “Our hearts are broken with the loss of your life last night. 35 years married and 38 ...
Grant shared the news via his social media early Friday morning. In his touching message, the Star Wars and The Iron Lady actor included a video of the duo singing and dancing to The Platters’ “Only You.”
“Only You Joan – Love of my Life & Giver of Life to our daughter Olivia,” Grant tweeted. “Our hearts are broken with the loss of your life last night. 35 years married and 38 ...
Richard E. Grant shared the news that Joan Washington, his wife of more than three decades, passed away Wednesday night. Details of her death were not immediately available.
Grant shared the news via his social media early Friday morning. In his touching message, the Star Wars and The Iron Lady actor included a video of the duo singing and dancing to The Platters’ “Only You.”
“Only You Joan – Love of my Life & Giver of Life to our daughter Olivia,” Grant tweeted. “Our hearts are broken with the loss of your life last night. 35 years married and 38 ...
Grant shared the news via his social media early Friday morning. In his touching message, the Star Wars and The Iron Lady actor included a video of the duo singing and dancing to The Platters’ “Only You.”
“Only You Joan – Love of my Life & Giver of Life to our daughter Olivia,” Grant tweeted. “Our hearts are broken with the loss of your life last night. 35 years married and 38 ...
Actor Ralph Fiennes called on his dialect coach to help him with his directorial debut - because he knew she'd be honest about his performance in his film Coriolanus.
The English Patient star admits he was wracked with "continual anxiety" when filming started on the movie adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy - because he couldn't be sure he was giving the best performance in front of the camera as he attempted to direct himself.
So he called on his friend and coach Joan Washington to help him.
He tells WENN, "I couldn't tell if I was delivering it. I very much relied on Joan Washington, who is admired as a dialogue coach in the U.K., and I brought her on the set to oversee the speaking of the Shakespearean text for everyone.
"She also became my own acting coach and gave me honest critical feedback on my performance."...
The English Patient star admits he was wracked with "continual anxiety" when filming started on the movie adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy - because he couldn't be sure he was giving the best performance in front of the camera as he attempted to direct himself.
So he called on his friend and coach Joan Washington to help him.
He tells WENN, "I couldn't tell if I was delivering it. I very much relied on Joan Washington, who is admired as a dialogue coach in the U.K., and I brought her on the set to oversee the speaking of the Shakespearean text for everyone.
"She also became my own acting coach and gave me honest critical feedback on my performance."...
- 11/18/2011
- WENN
'I'd bring back to life all the hair that's gone down the plughole over 53 years'
Richard E Grant was born in Swaziland in 1957. After attending Cape Town University, he founded the radical Troupe Theatre Company. In 1982, he moved to London and five years later made his film debut in Withnail And I. In 2005, he wrote and directed Wah-Wah, a movie based on his childhood in Africa. He recently appeared in the BBC drama The Crimson Petal And The White. Forthcoming films include Horrid Henry: The Movie, and The Iron Lady, in which he plays Michael Heseltine. Grant is married to the voice coach Joan Washington and has a daughter and a stepson.
When were you happiest?
When I cracked how to do the Eiffel Tower with my yo-yo in 1968.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Joan Washington.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Doubt.
Richard E Grant was born in Swaziland in 1957. After attending Cape Town University, he founded the radical Troupe Theatre Company. In 1982, he moved to London and five years later made his film debut in Withnail And I. In 2005, he wrote and directed Wah-Wah, a movie based on his childhood in Africa. He recently appeared in the BBC drama The Crimson Petal And The White. Forthcoming films include Horrid Henry: The Movie, and The Iron Lady, in which he plays Michael Heseltine. Grant is married to the voice coach Joan Washington and has a daughter and a stepson.
When were you happiest?
When I cracked how to do the Eiffel Tower with my yo-yo in 1968.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Joan Washington.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Doubt.
- 5/27/2011
- by Rosanna Greenstreet
- The Guardian - Film News
Can the actor ever leave the debauched Withnail behind? Here he tries his hardest with tales of fatherhood, carpentry and being Michael Heseltine
Richard E Grant is used to being a slight disappointment. Since 1985 he's carried the burden of playing the character with whom he's since become synonymous, Withnail, the reprobate, unemployed actor from writer/director Bruce Robinson's generation-defining Withnail and I. Deranged, delusional and dangerous to know, Withnail became an anti-hero for the angry youth of Thatcher's reign. Despite the intervening decades, the impact of his brilliant characterisation is such that you still expect him to come staggering in, bottle of vodka in hand, frock coat flapping and an air of icy malice sending a chill wind round the room.
So it's a bit of a let-down when the lithe, fresh-faced Grant enters the low-key trattoria off Portobello Road that he's chosen for our lunch date. He's anything...
Richard E Grant is used to being a slight disappointment. Since 1985 he's carried the burden of playing the character with whom he's since become synonymous, Withnail, the reprobate, unemployed actor from writer/director Bruce Robinson's generation-defining Withnail and I. Deranged, delusional and dangerous to know, Withnail became an anti-hero for the angry youth of Thatcher's reign. Despite the intervening decades, the impact of his brilliant characterisation is such that you still expect him to come staggering in, bottle of vodka in hand, frock coat flapping and an air of icy malice sending a chill wind round the room.
So it's a bit of a let-down when the lithe, fresh-faced Grant enters the low-key trattoria off Portobello Road that he's chosen for our lunch date. He's anything...
- 3/13/2011
- by Mariella Frostrup
- The Guardian - Film News
British actor Richard E. Grant is convinced his culinary skills have kept his marriage alive for 23 years - because he shares his passion for cooking with his wife.
The Jack & Sarah star has been married to voice coach Joan Washington since 1986, and they have a daughter, Olivia, together.
And Grant is adamant the secret to their successful relationship is their shared love of food.
He says, "I'm a good cook and my wife and I love cooking. We alternate, she cooks one night and I cook the other night. That's what has kept our marriage going. Cooking is essential."...
The Jack & Sarah star has been married to voice coach Joan Washington since 1986, and they have a daughter, Olivia, together.
And Grant is adamant the secret to their successful relationship is their shared love of food.
He says, "I'm a good cook and my wife and I love cooking. We alternate, she cooks one night and I cook the other night. That's what has kept our marriage going. Cooking is essential."...
- 2/18/2010
- WENN
"I really swallowed that pill."Those are the words of Peter Sarsgaard, looking back at the Actors Studio and the ideas that most shaped his early days. "I was a real devotee of that school of acting," he reflects.Today, he acknowledges a far broader range of influences. Playing the joint lead in "An Education," the little English film about a young girl's relationship with an older man that is fast gaining traction as an awards contender, he says he culled from a host of other sources to create his morally ambivalent character. For one thing, he drew on fellow actors—something he has done ever since working with Sean Penn on "Dead Man Walking." "Just watching him go through different takes, seeing the way he found things, disregarded things, held onto things—there's some fantasy about a certain type of actor that might do it completely differently every time.
- 12/10/2009
- backstage.com
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