Charles Finch Hosts Pre-BAFTA Dinner with Chanel

LONDON – “What room are you sitting in?” That’s what leading actors and industry legends, including Laura Dern, Robert De Niro, Saoirse Ronan, Emilia Clarke, Claire Foy, Gillian Anderson, Taron Egerton, Josh O’Connor, David Harbour, Hugh Grant and David Walliams, were asking each other over drinks before making their way into the cozy dining rooms of 5 Hertford Street in London, where Charles Finch was hosting his annual pre-BAFTA dinner with Chanel. No, they don’t all know each other, and emotions – and insecurities – were running high. The 18-year-old actor Freya Allan, who plays the lead character Crown Princess Ciri of Cintra in Netflix’s hit series “The Witcher” with Henry Cavill, said she was excited and “pretty nervous” about attending her first BAFTA Awards ceremony on Sunday. Walliams, the British comedian, actor and best-selling author, was also new to the dinner. He said he was grateful that a “TV person” like him finally got invited to come to a “film” event. “I am enjoying it already,” said Walliams, who was dressed in a double-breasted Tom Ford suit, Hermès pocket square and Berluti shoes. “Everyone in the film world is completely looking down on me because I am a TV star, but I am enjoying seeing them. I like to

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