Timothée Chalamet Literally Floors Woman At BAFTAs

He won no awards, but captured both hearts and fashion kudos…

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by Sophie Wilkinson |
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The red carpet is a stressful place, as Timothée Chalamet will be able to attest after a whistestop tour outside the BAFTAs that culminated in a now-memed woman falling at his feet.

The Call Me By Your Name star, who was nominated for best supporting actor at this year’s BAFTAs for his turn in Beautiful Boy and appears in abundant selfies taken with fans outside the Royal Albert Hall last night, paused to take some photos.

Wearing a shiny silver and red and blue-flecked Haider Ackermann blazer and collarless shirt with black trousers (a full head-to-toe look of this would be a bit a little too garish) and some butch boots, he did all the posing that the assorted paps were after. He gave smiles and those withering glances that make his jawline sharper than actual cutting tools and was was almost on his way when an onlooking woman fell on the stairs she was overseeing the red carpet from. Timothée gallantly went to help her up, as he was the nearest person to her, but a quick-thinking member of staff rushed to help both this unknown woman from the indignity of the ground, and Timothée from having to do anything but look pretty for the cameras.

The woman is currently unidentified and would perhaps like to remain that way - falling over in front of the international press and every single Timothée stan in the world isn’t the ideal way to be remembered at the UK’s biggest celebration of film. She also bore the brunt of having to prise Timothée from fans earlier on during the red carpet run. Clearly working with Timothée in some capacity, she only fell because she was walking backwards to give him enough space to get all his posing for the cameras done.

The question remains: is falling woman a long-time colleague of Timothée’s, in which case this incident will be a drop in an ocean of shared Timothée experiences, or is she a one-time red carpet assistant who did that on her first and only and last day of work for Timothée? For her sake, we really hope it's the former! And we hope she gets paid enough to do the rotten job of taking Timothée away from the fans, in order to get him into the ceremony on time.

Before the event, in a totally different outfit of a black T-shirt with a black blazer and a huge silver chain necklace, Timothée ate dinner at LouLou's in Mayfair with Andrew Garfield (no Rita Ora in sight, she was off at the Grammys) and Bohemian Rhapsody’s Rami Malek (who won best actor at the awards later) and Lucy Boynton.

After the ceremony, in which Mahershala Ali beat him in the best supporting actor category, for his turn in Green Book, Timothée made his way to a BAFTA afterparty, where other attendees included Naomi Campbell and Liam Payne, Taylor Swift and boyfriend Joe Alwyn, Claire Foy, Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Salma Hayek and Eddie Redmayne.

Check out all the best red-carpet looks from the BAFTAs:

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Grazia Baftas Red Carpet 2019

Stacy Martin BAFTAS 20191 of 32

Stacy Martin

Stacy wore a black Dior dress from the SS18 Haute Couture collection

Lucy Boynton BAFTAs 20192 of 32

Lucy Boynton

The Bohemian Rhapsody actor wore a Dior gown

Cynthia Erivo BAFTAS 20193 of 32

Cynthia Erivo

Nominated for the EE Rising Star award, Cynthia wore an incredible ombre gown by Vera Wang that matched the purple shade of her hair

Cate Blanchett BAFTAS 20194 of 32

Cate Blanchett

Debuting her newly brunette hair, Cate wore an amazing Christopher Kane dress

Zawe Ashton BAFTAs 20195 of 32

Zawe Ashton

Zawe chose a fuchsia dress from Roksanda, which she accessorised with a #TimesUp ribbon worn around her wrist

Lily Collins  BAFTAS 20196 of 32

Lily Collins

Lily wore a blue Givenchy gown with matching jacket

Eleanor Tomlinson BAFTAs 20197 of 32

Eleanor Tomlinson

The Poldark actor wore Ralph & Russo couture

Amy Adams BAFTAs 20198 of 32

Amy Adams

Nominated for a Supporting Actress award for her role in Vice, Amy wore a burgundy Prada gown

Sophie Okonedo  BAFTAs 20199 of 32

Sophie Okonedo

Sophie wore a strapless dress to present an award at the ceremony

Laura Harrier BAFTAs 201910 of 32

Laura Harrier

The BlacKkKlansman star wore a zesty Louis Vuitton dress

Glenn Close BAFTAs 201911 of 32

Glenn Close

The actor was nominated for a Leading Actress award for her role in The Wife and chose a black dress by Alexander McQueen

Olivia Colman BAFTAs 201912 of 32

Olivia Colman

Nominated for Leading Actress for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The Favourite, Olivia wore a monochrome Emilia Wickstead dress

Maya Jama  BAFTAs 201913 of 32

Maya Jama

The British presenter wore a black lace dress by Aadnevik

Irina Shayk BAFTAs 201914 of 32

Irina Shayk

The supermodel wore a classic black tuxedo suit

Millie Mackintosh BAFTAs 201915 of 32

Millie Mackintosh

Millie wore a frothy pink gown created for her by Halfpenny for her BAFTAs appearance

Viola Davis BAFTAs 201916 of 32

Viola Davis

Viola, nominated for the Leading Actress award, wore Armani Privé

Thandie Newton BAFTAs 201917 of 32

Thandie Newton and her daughter, Ripley Parker

Thandie wore Valentino and brought her daughter, Ripley, as her red carpet date

Mary J. Blige BAFTAs 201918 of 32

Mary J. Blige

The singer and actor chose white Ralph & Russo couture

The Duchess of Cambridge  BAFTAs 201919 of 32

The Duchess of Cambridge

Kate stunned in a white, one-shoulder bespoke Alexander McQueen gown, accessorised with Princess Diana's pearl earrings and Jimmy Choo shoes

Melissa McCarthy BAFTAs 201920 of 32

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa wore a dress by St John. She was nominated for the Leading Actress award for her role in Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Octavia Spencer BAFTAs 201921 of 32

Octavia Spencer

Octavia matched her dress to the red carpet

Rachel Brosnahan BAFTAs 201922 of 32

Rachel Brosnahan

The star of The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel wore a custom Erdem dress

Elizabeth Debicki BAFTAS 201923 of 32

Elizabeth Debicki

The actor wore an Armani Privé dress from the label's AW18 couture collection

Letitia Wright  BAFTAs 201924 of 32

Letitia Wright

The winner of the EE Rising Star Award wore a white Stella McCartney suit

Claire Foy BAFTAS 201925 of 32

Claire Foy

The Supporting Actress nominee wore Oscar de la Renta

Margot Robbie BAFTAs 201926 of 32

Margot Robbie

Margot wore a Chanel couture dress

Salma Hayek BAFTAs 201927 of 32

Salma Hayek

Salma wore a black embellished Gucci gown

Michelle Yeoh BAFTAs 201928 of 32

Michelle Yeoh

The star of Crazy Rich Asians wore an ornate, off-the-shoulder gown by Elie Saab

Regina King BAFTAs 201929 of 32

Regina King

Regina wore fuchsia pink Versace with a thigh-high split and asymmetric neckline

Michelle Rodriguez BAFTAs 201930 of 32

Michelle Rodriguez

Michelle wore a slinky Jenny Packham gown

Rachel Weisz BAFTAs 201931 of 32

Rachel Weisz

Rachel wore Gucci to collect her Supporting Actress award

Olga Kurylenko BAFTAs 201932 of 32

Olga Kurylenko

Olga wore an Armani Privé column gown to present an award

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