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Emma Thompson says Oscar campaigning made her ‘seriously ill’

The actor, who has won the award twice, also said the intrusive effects of fame can make it a ‘highly toxic condition’

Emma Thompson has said that campaigning for an Oscar made her “distraught” and “seriously ill”.

Speaking to the Radio Times podcast, Thompson said: “Both times I had to do the Oscars I got ill, quite seriously ill, before and during it. I just found the pressure of it and glare of it too much … It’s sort of astonishing – and then you think you want to lie down in a dark room. You think, ‘Please don’t ask me any questions or make me talk about myself.’ It’s horrible. I quite quickly developed a sort of allergy to that, but it’s sort of part of the job.”

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