‘Sinners’ Production Designer Hannah Beachler Decries BAFTA’s “Throw-Away” On-Stage Apology After N-Word Outburst

Deadline · 2026-02-23
‘Sinners’ Production Designer Hannah Beachler Decries BAFTA’s “Throw-Away” On-Stage Apology After N-Word Outburst

Sinners production designer Hannah Beachler has criticized Alan Cumming’s on-stage apology after the N-word was shouted by a Tourette’s campaigner during the BAFTA Film Awards. Cumming briefly paused the ceremony twice to acknowledge the involuntary shouting from Tourette syndrome campai