Chadwick Boseman’s Family Defends Anthony Hopkins’ Oscar Win

Though many had been shocked when Chadwick Boseman didn’t win the Oscar for Finest Actor, the late actor’s household got here to the protection of Anthony Hopkins who took dwelling the prize. The Boseman household believes that Chadwick not receiving the Oscar was not a “snub” for his efficiency in Ma Rainey’s Black Backside.

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Derrick Boseman, the actor’s brother, spoke to TMZ on behalf of the Boseman household to share with all the Black Panther star’s followers that the household didn’t take the loss on the 93rd Academy Awards personally. He went so far as to congratulate Anthony Hopkins on his function in The Father.

“I’m certain [Anthony] would if Chad gained,” stated Derrick, noting that concerning the Oscars, his brother ‘all the time described them to me as a marketing campaign’ and that it might have been an achievement to win, however he was not obsessed.

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For the primary time since 1940, Finest Actor was the ultimate award to be introduced. Due to the reconfiguration, many believed that it was purposely arrange for Boseman to win. Boseman beforehand gained the SAG and a Golden Globe awards that are indicators that he was the presumptive favourite to win the Oscar. However in a twist of occasions, Hopkins’s title was referred to as because the winner.

Due to the “no Zoom” coverage of the Academy, Hopkins was not permitted to offer an acceptance speech. He despatched a video on Monday the place he honored the reminiscence of Boseman. He stated, “I wish to pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who was taken from us far too early.”

Whereas the Boseman household could have gotten over it, many are nonetheless displeased that Chadwick Boseman wasn’t honored by the Movement Image Academy in his final efficiency.