Despite playing a
Star Trek villain nine years ago in a major Paramount film production and who this time last year SURELY should have been nominated (hell, he could have been Oscar shortlisted) for his lead role in
Bronson - British actor
Tom Hardy leads the shortlist of nominations for The Orange Wednesday Rising Star Award, described as "a unique BAFTA, in that the winner is voted for by the public". Hardy, whose flamboyant role in
Inception, I guess, has finally caught the radar of Orange, is joined by new Spider-Man co-stars
Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) and
Emma Stone (Easy A), Kick-Ass and Nowhere Boy actor
Aaron Johnson and Brit beauty
Gemma Arterton. Again, as tough as it is to think Arterton, who has already been a Bond girl, starred as the major love interest in two of last year's biggest blockbusters (Prince of Persia, Clash of the Titans) could be thought of as a rising star, I guess her placement isn't as bad as Hardy's. Instead the winner was deemed
Kristen Stewart, no doubt helped by the Twilighters. Visit
www.orange.co.uk/bafta and decide the winner, though I'm not sure with the lucrative offers coming the way of any of these guys (especially Hardy) that they even need this award. Well done BAFTA, you are three years behind the pack as usual.