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Stephen Graham Already shouted British Academy Film Awards because it was never granted Cillian Murphy because he is Peaky Blinders.
Graham, 52, made the comments amid a wider discussion about how acting can be subjective and how he is skeptical of awards recognition.
“What we do is not football,” he told The Guardian. “This is not a competitive sport. There are no winners and losers. It’s subjective. I might think something is a piece of shit but it wins five f****** Baftas.”
He added: “In fact, this has happened several times.”
this this is england The star went on to use Murphy as an example of why he disagrees with the awards body.
“I might be getting into trouble here, but Cillian Murphy, right? Great actor. He never won a BAFTA for playing Tommy Shelby [in Peaky Blinders]! ” he said.
“This is one of the most amazing performances I’ve ever seen. What the hell is going on?”
Murphy played ruthless gangster Tommy Shelby in all six seasons of Steven Knight’s crime drama from 2013 to 2022.
Although Murphy’s performance in the hit series was critically acclaimed, he never won an Emmy or BAFTA for the role, although he won a BAFTA in 2023.
Admits success with Netflix awards pubertyGraham pointed out: “Like pubertythese impressions left on the collective consciousness are created from scratch. We succeeded, which is a victory in itself. ”
Since its release in March last year, puberty has won a total of eight Emmys and is expected to continue its winning streak at next year’s Baftas, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Golden Globes.
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More important than any award is how the show is puberty Graham believed that it was possible to get people talking.
“puberty “Getting people who don’t usually talk about things they don’t usually talk about,” he said. “What better achievement than having a direct, immediate, positive impact on relationships around the world?” It’s like putting some drugs on the screen. It’s actually good for you. ”
“Having such an impact is beyond our wildest hopes,” he continued. “There was a lad who came into Tesco and said: ‘I just wanted to thank you. My son and I had a great chat after we saw your show the other night.’ No disrespect intended, but you get to keep your awards and all that shiny nonsense. That’s a real honour.”
Graham is currently starring in Knight’s period thriller with Malachi Kirby and Erin Doherty Thousand blowswill return for its second season on January 9 on Disney+.
Graham played Henry “Sugar” Goodson, a famous bare-knuckle boxer who suffered from alcoholism in the second season.
Asked how he became so good at pretending to be drunk, Graham said: “I was one of those kids who sat in a working men’s club and had cans of Coke and bags of crisps bought to me. I saw a lot of big goons! I took advantage of that.”
Notably, Graham also played an alcoholic in the 2019 series Shane Meadows virtue.