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Andrew Scott awkwardly quizzed about another actor’s junk on Baftas red carpet

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The Baftas, the UK’s equivalent to the Oscars, took place in London last night. It attracted stars from some of the biggest movies from the past year, including Oppenheimer and Barbie.

Among those in attendance were Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal. The Irish actors appeared together in the hit queer fantasy, All Of Us Strangers. The movie was up for five awards but sadly walked away with none on the night.

The event threw up several viral moments, including an awkward one involving Scott, who is gay, on the red carpet.

Scott was quizzed by BBC entertainment correspondent, Colin Paterson. Paterson asked him about another fellow Irish actor, Saltburn’s Barry Keoghan.

Scott was asked what he thought of Keoghan’s naked scene at the end of Saltburn.

Someone else interrupts and tells Scott, 47, not to reveal any spoilers.

Scott, appearing uncomfortable, just says, “I won’t spoil it for anybody. It was great.”

The reporter encourages him to talk, telling him to “spoil away.”

Scott still refuses to comment and appears to shrug it off. The reporter then says “There was a lot of talk about prosthetics … How well do you know him?”

Scott, appearing awkward at the question, replies “I don’t know” and then turns and walks on, saying, ‘See you guys.”

Online, many found the encounter embarrassing and inappropriate.

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At the time of writing, Scott nor the BBC had issued any statement about the encounter.

Keoghan, 31, has previously told Entertainment Weekly that he did not use a prosthetic for his naked appearance in Saltburn. In the scene, he dances around a country manor house to the song, “Murder On The Dancefloor” by Sophie Ellis Bextor.

Bextor herself was one of the highlights of last night’s show.

The big winner at last night’s event was Oppenheimer, which took seven awards, including Best Movie, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy) and Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.).

Poor Things picked up five awards, including Best Actress for Emma Stone.

The best supporting actress went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers.

In a surprise appearance, Michael J. Fox, 62, presented the award for Best Movie. The actor, who has been living with Parkinson’s Disease for 30 years, received a standing ovation when he took the stage to present the award.

Related:

Paul Mescal says filming love scenes with Andrew Scott is “all I can think about”

“All I can talk about is my experience with filming those scenes.”

Somehow Paul Mescal & Andrew Scott’s ‘All Of Us Strangers’ press tour keeps getting hotter & hotter

Mescal says they “didn’t need a chemistry read” for the film, which has our hearts and minds racing.

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