Jared Harris, who stars in the series, took the stage alongside his castmate Stellan Skarsgård and series creator Craig Maizen and director Johan Renck.

“Thank you to the HFPA. Thank you to HBO,” Harris began his speech on behalf of producer Jane Featherstone. “Craig, your script poses the question: What is the cost of lies? And that question becomes more relevant with each passing day’s news cycle.”

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Harris continued, “The people of the Ukraine and Belarus bore the brunt of this catastrophe and they shielded millions of people from its worst effects at the cost of their own lives.”

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The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony is airing live on NBC from the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 5.

source: people.com