An Irish Goodbye actor reveals being starstruck made him late on stage at Baftas

'I walked down the steps (at the Baftas) and the next minute this hand appeared and (stood) up and that was Brendan Fraser.'

Tom Berkeley, Seamus O’Hara, James Martin and Ross White with their award for An Irish Goodbye (Ian West/PA)

An Irish Goodbye actor James Martin has said he was a “bit late” after seeing Brendan Fraser standing up for him as he headed on stage to celebrate his win at the Bafta film awards.

The Northern Irish black comedy, which follows two estranged brothers who come together after their mother’s death to fulfil her bucket list, picked up the British short film gong at the ceremony last month.