Rebel Wilson to host BAFTAs Awards

The Australian actress will present the awards on 13th March, taking over from previous hosts of the event Edith Bowman and Dermot O'Leary.

"I am very honoured to be hosting the EE British Academy Film Awards in March, where COVID will no longer exist because it will clearly have been cancelled by then," Rebel said.

"It's going to be so much fun, I don't wanna put any pressure on this. I know I'm not going to be funny because I am no longer fat.”

"And besides, I'm not going to “sweat-it” with nerves because I have a peculiar medical condition where I can't sweat or cause offence to people because of my adorable Australian accent.”

"So basically, I'll just be there to hang out with Dame Judi Dench and together we'll both try and bond with Daniel Craig.

“And yes, I do mean 'bond', This show will be an anniversary celebration of some important British film franchises such as Harry Potter and not such as Cats. Everybody's going to love it, I'm sure!" she added.

The shortlist for the BAFTA Film Awards will be revealed on February 3rd with the longlist going out earlier in the week.

However, celebrities will have to pick between London and Los Angeles on 13th March as Critics Choice Awards organisers announced they will take place on the same night.

This will mean major stars in the world of film will have to decide between which ceremony to attend with both events often taken as major Oscar’s predictors.

The Critics’ Choice Association (CCA) had previously been set to go ahead last weekend but due to the Omicron variant, the event was postponed.