Brooklyn Beckham proved himself to be invaluable during the Venice Film Festival, acting as the perfect assistant to his wife Nicola Peltz.
The couple enjoyed a whirlwind trip to the renowned Italian festival over the weekend, where Nicola received her Rising Star award.
Brooklyn was by his wife’s side throughout the festivities and after turning into her personal hair stylist on the red carpet, the dutiful husband also looked after Nicola’s couture look.
Video shows the couple arriving back at their Venice hotel after walking the red carpet at the It Will Happen Tonight premiere.
After stopping to snap photos with fans, Brooklyn is seen gathering up the long train of his wife’s cobalt blue Balenciaga gown, ensuring the pricey piece doesn’t drag on the pavement.
Brooklyn doted on his wife throughout their time in Venice, and was seen clasping her tightly by the arm and guiding her with care onto the small podium in the gardens of the Casa Cinema Giovani when she received her award.
Brooklyn Beckham proved himself to be invaluable during the Venice Film Festival, acting as the perfect assistant to his wife Nicola Peltz and holding her dress up
Video shows the couple arriving back at their Venice hotel after walking the red carpet at the It Will Happen Tonight premiere
The pair attended the Kineo Awards, held during the Venice Film Festival over the weekend, where Nicola was honored with her Rising Star award for her work as an actress, producer and budding film-maker.
A visibly nervous Nicola wore stunning emerald and diamond drop earrings and an elegant full-length black dress for her moment in the spotlight, and paid tribute to her husband and family who she said ‘are the reason that I can reach to the stars’.
Her proud billionaire father, business leader Nelson Peltz, mother Claudia and brother Bradley were there to watch her, with Nelson fanning himself in the 30C (86F) heat and, at times during the wait, retreating inside.
She said: ‘Hi everyone. I am normally more comfortable playing a character as an actor than standing in front of an audience, so please bear with me.
‘Thank you so much for this immense honour. To receive an award at the Venice Film Festival is something I will carry with me for the rest of my career.’
She then addressed her co-star in the film Prima, Faye Dunaway, who was given a lifetime achievement at the same ceremony. ‘Faye you have always been an inspiration to me and learning with you has been incredible.’
She went on: ‘My family are my everything. My mum, dad, (brothers) Diesel and Brad and Brooklyn thank you. You always believe in me. To have your support is the reason I can reach to the stars in the first place.’
There was some chaos before she took to the stage, with her award being announced five times, and one presenter saying: ‘Where is our beautiful star?’
After stopping to snap photos with fans, Brooklyn is seen gathering up the long train of his wife’s cobalt blue Balenciaga gown, ensuring the pricey piece doesn’t drag on the pavement
Eventually they were told that she didn’t want to accept the award until Faye Dunaway, 85, was also in place.
Accepting her lifetime achievement award Ms Dunaway said that the best advice she had was the Shakespearean line: ‘To thine own self be true’ and added that she loves Venice. ‘There is no city like it.’
Nicola started in acting in Deck the Halls with Danny DeVito, in 2006, aged 11 and posted a throwback snap on her Instagram earlier this week.
She also appeared in The Last Airbender and Transformers: Age of Extinction.
More recently she has been writing and producing films through her label, Bunny Films, which is named after her late grandmother and bankrolled partly by her billionaire father, Nelson.
Her last movie was Lola, which did not gain wide distribution and took under $1,000 at the box office.
She has been married since April 2022 to Brooklyn, the son of David and Victoria, and is at the centre of a family feud which has seen her husband cut off his family in search of ‘peace’, having claimed on Instagram in January that they had tried to split him up from his wife.
Nicola has been working on her indie drama Prima since January but the film does not yet have an official release date.
The movie also stars Dunaway, Jack Huston, Mira Sorvino and Betty Gabriel. Luca and Alessandro Morelli, known professionally as the Morelli Brothers, directed the film as their feature debut.
Brooklyn was by his wife’s side throughout the festivities, turning into her personal hair stylist on the red carpet
Nicola stars as Margo, a dedicated prima ballerina facing life-altering decisions as modern changes disrupt her ballet company.
The actress and her family attended a private Los Angeles screening in May for the movie, hosted by East West Bank CEO Dominic Ng. Afterwards she thanked supporters and said their backing of independent film meant ‘more than I can express’.
The film has also been in the spotlight after Nicola sparked concern with her drastic weight loss while preparing for her starring role.
Nicola undertook four months of gruelling ballerina training for her role which saw her drop to less than 100lb (45kg).
Her shock weight loss came in a bid to fully embody her ballerina character – for which she committed to a strict diet and intensive training regimen.
Just last week Nicola’s husband Brooklyn jumped to her defence and warned ‘don’t ever talk about my wife’ in an online row about her weight.
The aspiring chef hit back in the comments section of his latest Instagram cookery tutorial after one follower asked: ‘Do you comment on everyone who is concerned about your wife and how sickly she looks? She puts herself out there, feed her.’
Brooklyn replied: ‘Don’t ever talk about my wife. She’s absolutely beautiful and you should never comment on a woman’s body. It’s disgraceful.’
