Emma Thompson was “seriously ill” while campaigning for the Oscars.

It’s not easy to win an Oscar and Emma Thompson opens up about her campaign to win an Oscar and how it made her “seriously ill”.

“Both times I had to do the Oscars, I got really sick,” Thompson said in an interview with radio times. “I found the pressure and the bright light too much. It’s wonderful. And after that you want to lie down in a dark room. You think, “Please don’t ask me questions or make me talk about myself.” I quickly developed a sort of allergy to that part of the job.”

Thompson has been nominated for five Academy Awards. She won two Oscars, the first in 1993 for Howard’s end and her second in 1996 before that sensation and sensitivity.

In December 2022, actor James McAvoy said the campaign for an Oscar “feels cheap” and refused to get a nomination for his work. buses.

“I didn’t want to play that role. I’ll push the film, I’ll try to get bums in the seats. But the campaign, I felt… I felt cheap,” he shared British GC.

However, McAvoy was not praised for his acting buses received 7 nominations at the Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Saoirse Ronan. The film, directed by Joe Wright, won an Academy Award for Best Original Score.

While McAvoy wouldn’t endorse himself, he’s happy to do it for his co-stars, which has led to Forest Whitaker being praised for his work The last king of Scotland.

“[With the Last King of Scotland campaign], I realized that I was doing this for the benefit of other people. And I absolutely loved it,” he told the publication. “But when Atonement came, I was 26 or 27 and I was like, I can’t do it, I won’t do it, I don’t want to do it.”