Interstellar and Christopher Nolan big winners at Empire Awards

Director Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi drama Interstellar was the big winner at the 2015 Jameson Empire Awards in London on Sunday night (29Mar15), picking up three of the event’s top honours. The movie was named Best Film, while Nolan picked up the Best Director and Inspiration awards.
There were also big wins for Kingsman: The Secret Service (Best British Film), Paddington (Best Comedy) and The Imitation Game (Best Thriller), while The Babadook and X-Men: Days Of Future Past also picked up movie awards.
And Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) took home the top acting prizes.
Serkis was a surprise winner, beating out the likes of Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Armitage and Bradley Cooper.
Accepting his award at Grosvenor Park hotel, he said, “I’m really thrilled and excited because finally, performance capture is respected across the board and considered on par as any other actor. You can’t compare performances. They’re all good and different but I’m glad I have touched audiences as much as a live actor can and been recognised for it.”
Meanwhile, Ralph Fiennes collected the night’s Legend Award from his Schindler’s List co-star Liam Neeson and joked about his new title, stating, “The ‘L’ word is for dead people… I’m flattered, but it’s not the case. It’s lovely but you’ve got to bat it away with appreciation because I don’t feel like a legend for a moment.”
The full list of 2015 Empire Awards winners is:
Empire Legend – Ralph Fiennes
Empire Hero – Game Of Thrones
Empire Inspiration – Christopher Nolan
Best Newcomer: Male – Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Best Newcomer: Female – Karen Gillan (Guardians Of The Galaxy & Oculus)
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy – X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Best Horror – The Babadook
Best Comedy – Paddington
Best Thriller – The Imitation Game
Best British Film – Kingsman: The Secret Service
Best Actor – Andy Serkis (Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes)
Best Actress – Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Best Director – Christopher Nolan (Interstellar)
Best Film – Interstellar.