He won best actor at Cannes for Mr Turner but nothing from the Globes,the Oscars or even Bafta. Indignity levels hit rock bottom with complaints about a sex scenePoor Timothy Spall. His performance in Mr Turner ought to own secured him his first Oscar. It looked all set to do so too. The film stormed Cannes. He won best actor. Then things got bumpy. Spall wasn’t nominated for a Golden Globe, or an Academy Award, and even – snub of snubs – a Bafta.
Now the insult is total,and indignity levels own hit rock bottom. The British Board of Film Classification’s annual report reveals that the sight that prompted most complaints from the public final year was of Spall’s fully clothed arse-cheeks clenching intently as he took his psoriasis-addled housekeeper from behind.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com