Excerpt from Empire As It Happened: The BAFTAs 2012
21.24 BEST FILM
They have two very big stars to present this one, neither of whom walked the carpet, dagnabbit. “Like good coffee, great surfing beaches and mediocre cricket, they come from the land down under,” it’s Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe! “Call this a frakking opera house!” mutters Crowe. Jackman accidentally reads Fry’s flowery intro, then goes into a ridiculously Australian version of same, involving the words “strewth” and “bonza”.
