In among the greatest paradoxes of the 2024 Oscars, Wes Anderson– whose followers had actually been waiting on him to win an Oscar given that The Royal Tenenbaums‘ nomination in 2001—won his first-ever Academy Award but was unable to accept it in person. While the auteur didn’ t obtain a possibility to offer his approval speech onstage, Netflix shared his declaration on his win.
“If I could have been there, I (along with [producer] Steven Rales) would have said ‘Thank You’ to: the family of Roald Dahl; the team at Netflix; our cast and crew,” the filmmaker composed.
Anderson’s adjustment of Roald Dahl’s The Terrific Tale of Henry Sugar got the Academy Honor for finest live-action brief movie. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the titular personality, that establishes clairvoyant capacities, permitting him to rip off at betting.
Anderson’s declaration proceeded,“And also: if I had not met Owen Wilson in a corridor at the University of Texas between classes when I was 18 years old, I would certainly not be receiving this award tonight—but unfortunately Steven and I are in Germany and we start shooting our new movie early tomorrow morning, so I did not actually receive the award [in person] or get a chance to say any of that.”
The movie Anderson discussed is supposedly The Phoenician Plan, starring Benicio Del Toro, Michael Cera and Costs Murray. Roman Coppola is additionally attributed as a co-writer. Last September, Anderson was granted 1.5 million euros in financing from Germany to make the movie.
