Black Panther star Daniel Kaluuya rules out celebrating with booze this awards season because he’s worried about being pictured looking drunk
DANIEL Kaluuya is shying away from boozy celebrations this awards season as he doesn't want to risk getting pictured drunk.
The Black Panther and Get Out actor, 28, won the EE Rising Star award at last night's star-studded ceremony, but he's keeping his celebrations low-key.
When The Sun Online asked how he planned to mark his win, Daniel said: "The thing is about the awards season, you can't get drunk because there's always someone taking a picture the morning after.
"I just want to be with my friends and family, my people."
The London-born star told the press in the Winner's Room that latest movie Black Panther "feels like a moment" with the internet awash with memes, songs and videos from the film.
Daniel also made a point of thanking Top Boy star Ashley Walters for inspiring him as a young actor after failing to mention him during his acceptance speech.
Despite a huge breakthrough year that has seen him nominated for the biggest prizes in the industry, Daniel is keeping his feet firmly on the ground.
He said: "I'm winging this everyday. I try and take everyday as it comes.
"I'm here to show there's no parallel universe, I still roll I still go to carnival. Just do it."
Daniel finds himself in esteemed company in this year's Oscars category for Best Actor.
He is up against hot favourite Gary Oldman, who won the Best Actor Bafta for his role as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington and Timothée Chalamet while Get Out is also up for Best Picture.
The racial drama, which sees Daniel's lead character Chris stumble across his white girlfriend Rose's terrifying family secret, has been universally praised by critics.
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His international success is certainly a long way from his humble roots growing up on a Camden council estate.
In a recent interview with The Guardian, he said of his journey: “Being from the manor, people don’t tell you what you can do. The whole of flipping society tells you what you can’t do, and people don’t even realise that – because they’re not of that demographic, so they’re not attuned to stuff. But if you’re attuned to them, you hear these things.”
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