CHAMPAGNE SPECIAL
MOMENTThe cream of Hollywood have plenty of reasons to pop a cork or
three in celebration. Here, they share their favourite occasions
WORDS JAMES MOTTRAM
CHRISTIAN BALE
Star of The Dark Knight,
American Hustle
"I open a bottle of Champagne
a lot. Winning the Oscar for
The Fighter was one - I never
really expected that. It came
from a film that I really enjoyed.
I liked the wrestling that David
[O. Russell] and I went through
- he's a brilliant filmmaker. But
many moments… moments that
other people don't necessarily
consider, and I'll go, 'That's what
we aimed for' - even if other
people don't really recognise it."
RUSSELL CROWE
Star of Gladiator,
The Nice Guys
"I've had hundreds.
Seriously. Hundreds.
I've had a very blessed
career in that regard. LA
Confidential came along
and that was that pivotal
point where any place
I wanted to go - any
restaurant or nightclub -
the person who worked
on the door of that place, they'd seen that film. It was
that sort of film. All the cool kids saw that film! I had this
honeymoon period of 18 months or so."
ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD
Star of True Blood, The Legend of Tarzan
"When we wrapped Tarzan, we had Champagne, and that
was lovely because for eight months, I couldn't drink. The
very last shot was a green-screen shot of me turning around…
and there was this black canvas next to me. They dropped
the canvas and on the other side they had a massive
banoee pie and Champagne. So when they
called 'wrap', they dropped the canvas, everyone
was cheering and I ran over and ate
the entire banoee pie. I drank a lot of
Champagne that day!"
EMILIA CLARKE
Star of Game of Thrones, Me Before You
"There have been a lot of incredible
moments, but I think the Emmy
nomination [for Game of Thrones]
was the first. I was like, 'What are you
waking me up at 4am for? I've done
what!?' That was a gorgeous
moment. So, yeah,
I had a Bellini breakfast."
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