On the lately concluded 93rd Academy Awards, the Greatest Actor award was gained by Anthony Hopkins for his efficiency in The Father however this hasn’t gone down properly 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 whilst Boseman gained the Critics’ Alternative award, Golden Globe, and Display Actors Guild award, establishing him as a favorite for Oscars.
Followers identified that, not like yearly, when the Greatest Image award is the final award of the night, this time, the producers rearranged the present to announce Greatest Actor because the final class. This was seen as a build-up to honour Boseman posthumously, who was nominated for his function in Ma Rainey’s Black Backside. His household was additionally invited to the ceremony and this additional received the followers’ expectations up. Boseman handed away in August 2020 as a result of most cancers on the age of 43.
One person wrote, “I by no means actually believed that the producers of the present didn’t know who was gonna win the awards earlier than they have been introduced till now.” He adopted up the tweet with, “Anthony Hopkins is gonna be so excited tomorrow morning when he wakes up, makes some espresso, and finds out he gained Greatest Actor.” Hopkins didn’t attend the ceremony.
I by no means actually believed that the producers of the present didn’t know who was gonna win the awards earlier than they have been introduced till now
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) April 26, 2021
One Twitter person wrote, “However for actual, all of us have been ready all evening to see Chadwick Boseman win posthumously… This was so sick #Oscars.” One other identified the parallel between the tip of Ma Rainey’s Black Backside and the Oscars and wrote, “Ma Rainey’s Black Backside ends with a file producer giving the songs Chadwick Boseman’s character wrote to a white band, so possibly the tip of the #oscars was a nod to that?”
“You’re telling me they put Chadwick Boseman’s reminiscence in a present bag however couldn’t translate that into a correct tribute on the precise occasion?? They mainly exploited a lifeless man’s legacy? Are the Oscars producers really okay within the head?” a Twitter person talked about.
Me when Chadwick Boseman didn’t win for Greatest Actor#Oscars
pic.twitter.com/EjFYg1wqA1— Siobhain (@summer season0001) 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 totally 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 finest actor till the tip to provide it to Chadwick Boseman. However then as an alternative they gave it to Anthony Hopkins, who wasn’t even there. The ending was utterly chaotic and unhinged.
— Mindy Fischer Author (@mindys4Biden) April 26, 2021
Followers additionally identified that whereas Hopkins is a superb actor, they anticipated Boseman’s legacy to be honoured. “What an anti-climatic ending. I liked Anthony Hopkins’s efficiency in that film, however it felt like Chadwick Boseman’s win was assured. #oscars,” one person talked about.
One other person wrote, “Very poorly dealt with and they need to catch numerous flak.”
Boseman was seen in Ma Rainey’s Black Backside and Da 5 Bloods in 2020. The Netflix movie marked his final look on display.