Does anyone else get the feeling, when it comes to awards shows like the MTV Movie Awards, that the result is dependant on more than just the public vote?
I mean, the winner is almost always present, no? Is that really a coincidence? I imagine them calling people up beforehand, asking if they’ll come. I can imagine how a call to Tom Hardy might go:
MTV: Are you coming to our awards show, Tom?
Tom: No, thank you, darling. I don’t care about such trivialities, I prefer to hone my craft here in Brooklyn and hang out with my son and my missus.
(MTV calls Tom Hiddleston instead…)
BAFTA:s rising star award being the obvious exception (since Tom got the award despite his absence). Even though a phone call might have sounded about the same…
(Nothing against Tom Hiddleston - I know he’s enormously popular and he’s a very cool and likeable guy. If the race was close on who was the winner, I’m just not sure they’d give it to the one who won’t come… Tom obviously doesn’t care for events like these, and so he also won’t win.)