And the Oscar goes to…Sean Penn. It was seven phrases that Invoice Murray didn’t need to hear, as evidenced by his face on the Kodak Theatre on February 29, 2004. Of his fellow nominees Johnny Depp, Ben Kingsley and Jude Regulation, he’s clearly the one most affected by the envelope Nicole Kidman was holding. However greater than 20 years on, Invoice Murray has a really completely different perspective on his Oscar loss.
Going into Oscar night time, Invoice Murray had a robust shot at taking dwelling Greatest Actor for Misplaced in Translation, having gained a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and quite a few guild honors. As such, he just about figured he’d be heading dwelling with gold. “It was just – it was sort of surprising. I won every other prize for Lost in Translation so I just sort of thought I was gonna win because I won everything. Every single one. And then I didn’t on that one, so I was like, ‘Well…’” (Penn had additionally gained the Golden Globe within the drama class, whereas Depp was victorious with SAG for Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.
Even with the devastating loss to Sean Penn for Mystic River, Invoice Murray says lacking out on the Oscar gave him a perspective he wouldn’t have in any other case had. “It was kind of good. I realized I had actually gotten sort of infected by wanting to win it, you know. That I had contracted a low-grade virus of the desire for more. I had it for about six months and it had to wear off. So I did learn a lesson from it that, if I’d won, I might not have ever seen.” The subsequent yr, Murray would star in Garfield: The Film, so, yeah, lesson realized all proper…
Misplaced in Translation can be the one time up to now that Invoice Murray was ever nominated for an Oscar, faring higher with the Golden Globes, Impartial Spirit Awards and, hell, even the Scream Awards. Sean Penn, in the meantime, had already been nominated for Greatest Actor 3 times and even gained once more for 2008’s Milk.
Do you suppose Invoice Murray deserved to win the Oscar over Sean Penn? Which different Murray performances ought to have been nominated?
