At the lately concluded 93rd Academy Awards, the Best Actor award was gained by Anthony Hopkins for his efficiency in The Father however this hasn’t gone down nicely with Chadwick Boseman followers. As quickly because the winner for the class was introduced, followers took to social media to precise their disagreement.
That was the one main award that Hopkins gained this yr at the same time as Boseman gained the Critics’ Choice award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild award, establishing him as a favorite for Oscars.
Fans identified that, in contrast to yearly, when the Best Picture award is the final award of the night, this time, the producers rearranged the present to announce Best Actor because the final class. This was seen as a build-up to honour Boseman posthumously, who was nominated for his position in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. His household was additionally invited to the ceremony and this additional bought the followers’ expectations up. Boseman handed away in August 2020 on account of most cancers on the age of 43.
One person wrote, “I never truly believed that the producers of the show didn’t know who was gonna win the awards before they were announced until now.” He adopted up the tweet with, “Anthony Hopkins is gonna be so excited tomorrow morning when he wakes up, makes some coffee, and finds out he won Best Actor.” Hopkins didn’t attend the ceremony.
I by no means really believed that the producers of the present didn’t know who was gonna win the awards earlier than they had been introduced till now
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) April 26, 2021
One Twitter person wrote, “But for real, all of us were waiting all night to see Chadwick Boseman win posthumously… This was so sick #Oscars.” Another identified the parallel between the top of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and the Oscars and wrote, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ends with a record producer giving the songs Chadwick Boseman’s character wrote to a white band, so maybe the end of the #oscars was a nod to that?”
“You’re telling me they put Chadwick Boseman’s memory in a gift bag but couldn’t translate that into a proper tribute at the actual event?? They basically exploited a dead man’s legacy? Are the Oscars producers actually okay in the head?” a Twitter person talked about.
Me when Chadwick Boseman didn’t win for Best Actor#Oscarspic.twitter.com/EjFYg1wqA1
— Siobhain (@summer0001) April 26, 2021
The Oscar that the Academy gave Sir Anthony Hopkins as an alternative of Chadwick Boseman. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/7Po30bm2MJ
— Nicole Theodore Esq. (@BizLawyerATL) April 26, 2021
the truth that they did this to chadwick boseman and his household is definitely despicable and they need to be completely ashamed of themselves
— arrum⁷ 아름💋 s&b meltdown period (@arrum_rose) April 26, 2021
The Oscars was very bizarre tonight, particularly the ending. They seemingly modified up the format leaving greatest actor till the top to offer it to Chadwick Boseman. But then as an alternative they gave it to Anthony Hopkins, who wasn’t even there. The ending was utterly chaotic and unhinged.
— Mindy Fischer Writer (@mindys4Biden) April 26, 2021
Fans additionally identified that whereas Hopkins is a superb actor, they anticipated Boseman’s legacy to be honoured. “What an anti-climatic ending. I loved Anthony Hopkins’s performance in that movie, but it felt like Chadwick Boseman’s win was guaranteed. #oscars,” one person talked about.
Another person wrote, “Very poorly handled and they should catch a lot of flak.”
Boseman was seen in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Da 5 Bloods in 2020. The Netflix movie marked his final look on display screen.