Timothy Spall shared his gratitude after receiving his first ever BAFTA award on Sunday night after previously joking he was 'always a bridesmaid never a bride'.
Timothy Spall shared his gratitude after receiving his first ever BAFTA award on Sunday night after previously joking he was 'always a bridesmaid never a bride'.
Receiving his award at the Royal Festival Hall with a beaming smile on his face, he told the audience: 'Acting's a stupid thing, it really is. 'This story is about many things, it's about a terrible crime but it is also about love. We're privileged, especially when telling real stories about real lives, that people give you permission to do this.
Timothy received the accolade after playing Peter Farquhar, who suffered a campaign of gaslighting and physical and mental torture at the hands of 32-year-old church warden Benjamin Field before being murdered in 2016. Mr Farquhar, who had struggled with his sexuality, had taught English at the private Manchester Grammar School before moving to the prestigious Stowe in 1983.
Having read the teacher's diaries, he added that he also had to use his imagination to try to 'inhabit' his persona. 'With the greatest respect to everyone else, at the age of 67 and over 45 years into a stellar career, how the f*** was that Timothy Spall's first BAFTA?'; Wait, this is Timothy Spall's first BAFTA? Should have won for this one back in 1996. One of his all-time best roles for sure';
A former student and friend of Peter, wrote: 'Congratulations to Timothy Spall for Best Actor BAFTA award brilliant portrayal of my friend and former English teacher Peter Farquhar - perfectly capturing both his outward manner and inner psychology and torment. Those who knew Peter what a truly incredible performance it was';
Following a win at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014, Timothy quipped that he was always 'a bridesmaid and never the bride at these awards'. READ MORE: Who was Peter Farquhar? The shocking true story behind his murder Advertisement 'You're only using yourself as the petrol to put in somebody else's engine so its great that they feel it fired it up.'
Once he had gained their trust, Field carried out sinister mind games and plied the pair with alcohol and drugs. On mirrors in her home, he would scrawl messages in white marker. One read: 'Pray for Ben, Ben loves you' READ MORE: Seduced by the toyboy torturer: This retired headmistress thought she had found love with a churchwarden. But she was 81, he was 25... and a twisted psychopath who had recently murdered his elderly gay lover Advertisement When Mr Farquhar was found dead by his cleaner in October 2015, the first person she called after the emergency services was Field, who everyone believed was his loyal partner.
'He and I have struck a deal which is I pay for nothing and will hang out with him until his eventual death win/win... I'm p comfortable w/death.'At the time, he was working in the bakery section at Tesco and as a carer at a nearby nursing home. After his will had been changed in Field's favour, Mr Farquhar was murdered. He was found to have consumed prescription sedatives and alcohol, and police believe he may also have been suffocated with a pillow.
Above her dressing table she even hung a framed photograph of him bearing the words: 'I am always with you'.
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