Javier Bardem, Nicholas Braun, Elle kick off with 'I Am an Actor' segment

Actors Javier Bardem Nicholas Braun and Elle Fanning began the 2022 Screen Actors Guild SAG Awards with the I Am an Actor opening segment at Sunday evening ceremony taking place at the Barker Hangar in Santa MonicaThe I Am an Actor opening segment dates back to 1995 when Angela Lansbury gave a glimpse into her life as a performer Ive been Elizabeth Taylors sister Spencer Tracys mistress Elvis mother and a singing teapot she saidThe ceremony was dedicated by actors themselves to the art and craft of acting and prompted future telecasts to include anecdotes from distinguished veterans in the fieldBraun who is nominated in the ensemble category for Succession told the audience that he got his SAG card when he was 11yearsold working on his first film on which the director told him to lay off the soda because his face was getting significantly rounder as shooting went onI was hitting it hard he saidBraun called that the best note hed ever receivedThe camera then panned to Javier Bardem nominated for his role as Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos in the outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role category who gave a shout out to his grandparents parents and siblings who are all actorsI am very proud to say I am an actor he said reports hollywoodreportercomElle Fanning nominated for her performance in the comedy series The Great said her first onscreen kiss was her first kiss in real life at the age of 13 and that the first take was used in the film I guess I was a natural she jokedAnd last but not least the camera moved to Daveed Diggs LinManuel Miranda and Leslie Hamilton Jr all of whom were part of the original Broadway cast of Hamilton who also opened the showAll spoke at the same time and couldnt agree on who should be the one to talkI think in a time like this the star should go first Diggs said but all three started up again The debate continued only for music to interrupt the trioAre they playing us off Miranda asked before the three took to the stage noting that the theme for the show was together againTogether again finally we return to a world where all we have to do to hang out like this is get dressed up show up get swabbed sanitised screen mask vaccinated boosted rapid tested and PCR cleared in 48 hours now whos ready to party Odom Jr saidHundreds of actors have participated from Robert Duvall Michael Keaton and Eugene Levy to Halle Berry Millie Bobby Brown Jenna Fischer and Christina ApplegateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever