BAFTA Names First Annual Brits To Watch

COMMENTS (20)

• Are you kidding – how out of touch is Bafta

  Comment by Baftaisoutoftouch — Friday July 1, 2011 @ 10:24am PDT  Reply to this post

• I hope there can be a follow up dinner in ten years or so to see who’s still worth watching.

  Comment by Burkiss — Friday July 1, 2011 @ 6:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Congrats to James Bobin and Joe Cornish top talents, BUT BAFTA missed many other huge UK talents in LA as well… Sharon Horgan (twice BAFTA nominated, British comedy award winner) who has signed 2 studio deals to date to pen TV pilots, also co staring & EP’ing the first for ABC pilot season just gone, she also stars in Pulling & Free Agents (Sundance & ABC) also in the US cult hit Todd Margaret & co star of the upcoming, (to air on ABC this christmas), Working Title/BBC remake of the Borrowers… Surely BAFTA? show me a more prolific all round British talent to watch please!?

  Comment by Jim Ren — Friday July 1, 2011 @ 10:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• BAFTA you are clueless elitist morons

  Comment by John — Friday July 1, 2011 @ 10:28pm PDT  Reply to this post

• who?

  Comment by lol — Friday July 1, 2011 @ 10:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

• This is a bad list. BAFTA has amazing British contenders to choose from and this is what they came up with?

  Comment by badlist — Friday July 1, 2011 @ 10:38pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Explain.

  Comment by Sanoma — Saturday July 2, 2011 @ 10:18am PDT  Reply to this post

• Out of touch in what regard?

  Comment by Sonoma — Saturday July 2, 2011 @ 10:20am PDT  Reply to this post

  • BAFTA are out of touch as there are many people who are doing great things but not in the BAFTA clique and therefore not on the list.

    Where is Idris Elba? Noel Clarke? and there are many others working in the indie scene in the UK that are not on this list.

    Burkiss is right – most of this list will not be anywhere in 10 years.

    Comment by UKproducer — Saturday July 2, 2011 @ 4:16pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Noel Clarke…really? He is very good at pouting and making shitty gangsta films and that’s about it.

      Comment by What? — Sunday July 3, 2011 @ 10:01am PDT  Reply to this post

  • This is a list of people who know people at Bafta – not a list of talent.

    There are a number of Brits who are worth watching – and they are not on this list – they probably just dont know the right people!

    Comment by Baftaisoutoftouch — Sunday July 3, 2011 @ 2:12am PDT  Reply to this post

• I would love to know who at bafta selected them and what the criteria were…. this is a totally mixed list of some good people who have as they say ‘started to show real promise’….. and other complete and utter nobodies who only serve to devalue the whole thing. And who is flying them to LA – I really don’t think that would be a good use of Bafta’s funds but some of the people on here would not be able to afford to go….all very odd.

  Comment by anon — Saturday July 2, 2011 @ 3:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • British airways are flying everyone…it’s not costing bafta anything.

    Comment by Greenguy — Sunday July 3, 2011 @ 9:27am PDT  Reply to this post

• Isn’t a key purpose of an event like this to help out those who have yet to make a name for themselves?

  Comment by Sonoma — Sunday July 3, 2011 @ 2:52am PDT  Reply to this post

• The criteria that weighed most heavily was suck-up potential not star quality. The Brit PR machine went into overdrive, making the Hollywood establishment look quaint.

  Comment by Unhappy Bafta Insider — Sunday July 3, 2011 @ 10:20am PDT  Reply to this post

• These comments all sound like they come from a bunch of green eyed Brits who didn’t make the cut.

  Comment by J — Sunday July 3, 2011 @ 10:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • I have looked up several names and see a number of reality tv titles – this is not being green eyed – this is just ridiculous…

    Comment by ?? — Monday July 4, 2011 @ 11:28am PDT  Reply to this post

  • There was no cut to make. BAFTA didn’t even ask for a list of candidates, they just got out their little black book.

    Comment by ??? — Tuesday July 5, 2011 @ 1:02pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I think these comments are slightly unfair. There are some very talented people on the list who will certainly be around for more than ten years. Rory Aitken, for example, is going places fast and is one of the nicest guys out there. Gareth Evans, Jack Thorne… No list is ever going to be perfect!

  Comment by anonymous — Monday July 4, 2011 @ 1:28am PDT  Reply to this post

• Yet again, BAFTA show their complete and utter disregard for Casting Directors. Not even one on the list. Disgraceful.

  Comment by MrHanky — Wednesday November 9, 2011 @ 7:11pm PST  Reply to this post