Jesse Eisenberg, who won best original screenplay for A Real Pain.

Walked into the winners’ room carrying his Bafta and asking journalists: “Am I expected to hold this heavy thing the whole time?”

After being reassured he was allowed to put it down as he answered questions, he reflected on the fact that the screenwriting prizes he’s won for A Real Pain have both been in the UK.

“The other award I won for this was the London Film Critics prize, so I must be living in the wrong country,” he joked.

“My background is playwright, and when one of my plays transferred to the West End it was far more popular. I don’t know what it is, maybe I’m a novelty here and in America I’m boring.”

Eisenberg was also asked about his relationship with co-star Kieran Culkin, who won best supporting actor. But, he said, it’s not as close as people might imagine.

“In terms of our dynamic, I’ll text him today and say, ‘hey you won the Bafta, I’m so proud of you’. And then three weeks later my phone will buzz and it’ll be [Culkin saying]: ‘Hey, I just got this, thanks’.”

“That’s the closeness with which you imagine we live.”