BAFTA TV Awards: ‘Harry Potter’ Paapa Essiedu Pokes Enjoyable At Nick Frost

Two of the celebs of the upcoming HBO Harry Potter collection took to the stage this afternoon on the BAFTA TV Awards.

Paapa Essiedu, who’s enjoying Severus Snape, and Nick Frost, who’s Rubeus Hagrid, introduced the award for Supporting Actress to Adolescence star Christine Tremarco. They couldn’t resist a little bit of enjoyable as they launched the nominees.

Essiedu determined that he would proceed all through the introduction to consult with Frost as “Hagrid” fairly than by his actual identify.

“Some truly exceptional performances, let’s take a look at the nominees Hagrid,” he mentioned as he turned to his co-star.

“My name is Nick,” the Hot Fuzz comedian actor replied, “I sat next to you at the friggin’ readthrough.”

Essiedu and Frost have been making a uncommon on-stage look as two stars from one of many largest upcoming exhibits coming to the small display screen, which airs at Christmas time.

In Harry Potter, they are going to be joined by the likes of John Lithgow, Janet McTeer and Bel Powley, together with a younger solid led by a trio of newcomers. The present was final week recommissioned for a second season earlier than the primary airs. Essiedu has beforehand mentioned he confronted various racist demise threats since becoming a member of the franchise.

Later on the awards, Lox Pratt, who’s enjoying Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter and simply starred in Jack Thorne’s Lord of the Flies, introduced two youngsters’s TV Awards.

Essiedu and Frost have been talking on the BAFTA TV Awards, which we’re following reside. The first two winners have been Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco from Adolescence. The ceremony is going down at London’s Royal Festival Hall.