Richard E Grant celebrates Oscar nomination for Can You Ever Forgive Me with heartwarming video
'I'm absolutely overwhelmed'
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Your support makes all the difference.Richard E Grant took to Twitter to post his reaction to being nominated for his first Oscar.
The actor, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Can You Ever Forgive Me?, said he was “levitating” after discovering the news.
“I’m absolutely overwhelmed,” Grant said in a video.
“Thirty-six years ago I rented this bedsit here, which was one room in Notting Hill Gate, for £30, which is about 50 dollars, and I cannot believe that 36 years later, I’m standing here as an almost 62-year-old man, having an Oscar nomination.”
He captioned the clip on social media: “Am levitating at this astonishing news. Thank you to The Academy for this nomination in such incredible company.”
Grant is nominated in the category alongside Sam Rockwell for Vice, Adam Driver for BlacKkKlansman, Sam Elliott for A Star Is Born, and Mahershala Ali for Green Book.
Other British actors to score nominations include Olivia Colman, Christian Bale and Rachel Weisz. Read the full list of nominees here.
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