Ejiofor, 36, plays black New Yorker Solomon Northup, who is kidnapped and sold into the American South slave trade in 1841, have bagged his first award from the movie "12 years a slave", at the British Academy Of Films And Television Acts (BAFTAs)
The actor beat competition from Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street, Christian Bale for American Hustle, Bruce Dern for Nebraska and Tom Hanks for Philomena.
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| Ejiofo and his British girlfriend at the BAFTAs |
Ejiofor thanked Bafta for the "incredible" award and paid tribute to McQueen's "artistry and passion".
"You really brought us all through it," he told the director. "You had the real vision to tell this remarkable story. The extraordinary life that he had, and to tell this story in a way to make it of such value, of such worth to all who were there. Thank you for this, it was yours. I’m going to keep it, but it’s yours."
Ejiofor originally turned down the role of Solomon Northup out of fear of being "the guy that messed it up".
He has a British girlfriend? What happens to all the black and beautiful ladies in the uk? Na wa oo
ReplyDeleteAnd wats wrong with having a white babe?.....
DeleteHappy for him...but he rarely comes to Nigeria unlike the other guy that did etisalat ads...can't remebrr his name
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