Actor and Director Sean Benwho is a particularly active member of the Hollywood arts community, says he is willing to melt two Oscars (he won two Oscars in 2003 and 2008 for his starring roles in milk And the mysterious riverrespectively) if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences does not grant broadcast time At a party this morning ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Speaking to CNN, Benn considered the Academy’s ultimate refusal to give Zelenskii the platform for the massive global vision still in place. – Despite the continuous decline in TV ratings – The Oscars will be “the most horrific moment in all of Hollywood history.”
“give to [Zelenskii] The actor said the opportunity to speak to all of us is the most generous thing an Academy Awards can do,” noting that the organization responsible for the Academy Awards may have decided not to allow such interference. I am not commenting on whether or not President Zelensky wants to. [aceitar]”, he added.
at the beginning of the week Amy SchumerAnd the One of the three party hostesses Who will this evening distribute the most coveted awards in the film industry for the 94th time, announced that he had suggested to the Academy that Zelensky intervene during the delivery of the Oscars, via satellite or recorded messages, however, which means that the proposal was not well received.
However, on Friday, the New York Post It reported that the Ukrainian president and the Hollywood Academy are in talks to get an Oscar, but the news has not been officially confirmed. According to the British newspaper WatchmanBut other sources reported that Zelensky declined the invitation to participate in the ceremony via Zoom.
In doubt about what really happened behind the scenes, the actor, who has spent the past few weeks between Ukraine and Poland documenting the current wave of war refugees, spared criticism of the possibility that the Academy may in fact deny such a claim: “If you choose not to support the Ukrainian leadership , who takes bullets and bombs for all of us, along with the Ukrainian children you are trying to protect, I believe everyone is responsible for such a decision [ficarão associadas] into what would have been the most lewd moment in all of Hollywood history.”
Live for CNN from Poland, where he is currently Filming your documentary for Vice StudiosSean Penn has called for a massive boycott if this version is confirmed. “If I get to this point, I melt [Óscares] in public. I pray to God that this does not happen. I pray it wasn’t the arrogant people who consider themselves the highest commodity in my industry to decide. [não estar ao lado] of the Ukrainian leaders.
Although it is part of Licorice pizzaWritten by Paul Thomas AndersonNominated for three Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay), Sean Bean is not in this year’s Hollywood Awards race.
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