Hannah Waddingham is not afraid to confront photographers making calls for on the pink carpet. Whereas posing earlier than strolling down the pink carpet at the Laurence Olivier Awards Sunday evening, the Ted Lasso star — who served because the annual award present’s host for the second 12 months in a row — had alternative phrases for a paparazzo who allegedly demanded she “present me leg.”
In a video captured and shared by X (previously Twitter) consumer @odeiotedlasso, Waddingham, 49, is proven posing for images exterior the Royal Albert Corridor when she stops to deal with the photographer, who stays offscreen. Though the photographer’s remark is inaudible, Waddingham’s response is obvious.
“Oh my god, you’d by no means say that to a person, my pal,” the actress says, visibly shocked.
“Do not be a d**ok, in any other case I will transfer off. Do not say, ‘Present me leg.’ No,” she provides, strolling away to the cheers of the watching crowd.
Waddingham has by no means had bother standing up for herself. In January, the Emmy-winning actress opened up about her expertise with a very unsupportive professor whereas chatting with the BBC Radio 2 podcast Michelle Visage’s Rule Breakers.
In keeping with Waddingham, she as soon as was mocked and insulted in entrance of her class by a drama trainer who opined on why she felt the younger aspiring actress would by no means achieve success on display screen.
“I had one drama trainer that mentioned to the entire class: ‘Oh, Hannah won’t ever work on display screen as a result of she appears to be like like one facet of her face has had a stroke,'” recalled Waddingham.
In response, Waddingham seemingly determined that she’d discover success — and spite that professor — at any value.
“I believed, ‘I’ll do, come hell or excessive water, I’ll work on display screen,'” Waddingham shared. With grit and willpower, she started working laborious and cultivating a slew of display screen credit — though usually in small facet roles and one-off appearances.
Nonetheless, the trainer’s feedback gave her a “complicated” that she mentioned took years to shake off, and the dearth of larger, main roles started to put on her down emotionally. She mentioned she ultimately determined to step again from movie and TV altogether — simply as she bought a proposal for her now-iconic position on Recreation of Thrones.
Waddingham subsequently bought her largest position up to now starring as Rebecca Welton on all three seasons of Ted Lasso, which finally earned her an Emmy for Excellent Supporting Actress in a Comedy Sequence.
And Waddingham is at all times looking out for her subsequent position. The actress advised ET at Ted Lasso‘s remaining season premiere in March 2023 that she’d like to make an look on ABC’s beloved college comedy, Abbott Elementary — and she or he’s bought collection star Lisa Ann Walter firmly in her nook.
“I believed that I might be a fully revolting a**gap English individual that is available in,” she mentioned of her cameo imaginative and prescient. “I wish to be actually vile, or be very nice on face worth, after which they’re all like, ‘She’s a b*tch!'”
“If I bought over really being within the employees room, I would be, like, fangirling,” Waddingham admitted. “Greater than I do on [Ted Lasso]!”
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