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Emma Stone Thanks ‘Poor Things’ Screenwriter for ‘I Must Go Punch That Baby’ Line in BAFTAs Speech: ‘It Was Life-Changing’
Emma Stone thanked her mother and the 'Poor Things' creative team following her best actress win at the BAFTAs.
Emma Stone thanked her mother for giving her life and her “Poor Things” screenwriter Tony McNamara for the line “I must go punch that baby” when she accepted her leading actress BAFTA award on Sunday evening. “I was playing a British person in this movie and [Neil] did not laugh at me when he taught me how to say ‘wart-ter,’ even though as an American I say ‘wahter,'” Stone quipped. Stone was up against Fantasia Barrino in “The Color Purple,” Sandra Hüller in “Anatomy of a Fall,” Vivian Oparah in “Rye Lane,” Carey Mulligan in “Maestro” and Margot Robbie in “Barbie” for the leading actress award.
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