Robert Downey Jr. received Oppenheimer on the Oscar-night board, taking house the award for Actor in a Supporting Position.
“I’d prefer to thank my horrible childhood and the Academy – in that order,” he deadpanned within the opening stretch of one other charismatic acceptance speech.
Oppenheimer got here into the ceremony as a favourite to seize an armful of statuettes, together with in among the high classes. The movie acquired 13 nominations and has continued its momentum all through awards season, following its long term to greater than $950 million in international field workplace. Within the first hour of the present, it was Poor Issues ringing up three wins, taking the early lead.
Downey, although, had way back emerged as a heavy favourite, cementing his possibilities with a extensively hailed speech at January’s Golden Globe Awards. He earned among the finest evaluations of his profession for his efficiency as Lewis Strauss, the nemesis of Murphy’s titular character.
“Right here’s my little secret: I wanted this job greater than it wanted me,” Downey mentioned. Director Christopher Nolan “knew it. [Producer Emma Thomas] made positive that she surrounded me with one of many nice casts and crews of all time, Emily [Blunt], Cillian [Murphy], Matt Damon. It was improbable and I stand right here earlier than you a greater man due to it.”
“What we do is essential and the stuff that we determine to make is essential,” Downey went on earlier than making a left flip and cracking, “So, again to my publicist …”
Downey acknowledged quite a few members of his staff, closing with a shoutout to Hansen, Jacobsen associate, Tom Hansen, who has been his leisure lawyer for 40 years. Downey joked, alluding to his struggles with substance abuse and a repute (since overcome) for erratic habits that Hansen spent half of these years “attempting to get me insured and bailing me out of the hoosegow,” a slang time period for jail. “Thanks, bro!”
