After starring in Wonka, Hugh Grant made a life-size onstage cameo at the Baftas, where he openly questioned the length of this year’s awards season candidates and channeled his inner Oompa Loompa when presenting the best director award.
He might have been considering Oppenheimer, the three-hour epic directed by Christopher Nolan that ended up winning the evening and is predicted to win a slew of Oscars this weekend.
However, The Holdovers, Maestro, and Anatomy of a Fall—three more of the five Bafta nominees and Oscar contenders—all run longer than two hours.
