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On occasion, an Academy Award makes a surprising journey from the glitz of the Oscars stage to a rather unexpected destination: the bathroom.
Such is the case for the acclaimed actress Emma Thompson. She clinched an Oscar for Best Actress in 1992 for her role in Howards End, and then again three years later for her work on the screenplay for Sense and Sensibility.
Despite the prestige associated with these awards, Thompson found that her bathroom was the perfect spot for them.
“They seem far too extravagant anywhere else,” she remarked in an interview with Time in 2006. “These are big, shiny, gold objects. They’re there, quietly tarnishing, alongside everything else I own, including my body. It provides guests the chance to pick them up and play with them in private rather than awkwardly asking, ‘Can I hold that?’”
She further explained, “You’d have to visit my home to see them. There’s no fancy space here. Every corner is essentially family-oriented. I’m actually surprised my daughter hasn’t put them to some mischievous use. They’re quite heavy.”
So when her Last Christmas costar Henry Golding discovered the heavy metal, he just rolled with it.