Chapter 2177 Chapter 2177 The Ultimate Suspense

Hugo felt that he was absolutely in a daze, he actually forgot about it - he was the winner of Best Actor last year, so he was naturally the guest of honor for this year's Best Actress; The award presenters for Best Actor came backstage.

Seeing Charlize's schadenfreude smile, Hugo gritted his teeth viciously, walked up to Charlize, bowed his head and whispered in her ear, "I'll see if you can still smile when you get home at night." After finishing speaking, Hugo handed the statuette to Charlize, followed the staff to the side, and began to prepare for the interlude speech. Looking back, he found Charlize's astonished and shy expression, which made Hugo proudly outline The corners of his mouth curled up.

On the stage, Steven is announcing the best director award. In fact, at this point in the awards show, "The Sixth Sense" fell behind because it missed out on best original screenplay; , has also fallen behind; those who can compete with "A Beautiful Mind" have left the last seeded contestant and the strongest competitor-"Shocking Insider".

Although "Shocking Insider" has not opened yet, both Best Actor and Best Director are shortlisted for the competition. If these two awards are won, then there is still hope for a showdown with "A Beautiful Mind". This also makes the best director award still have a trace of suspense.

It's a pity that this last bit of suspense was also killed. After winning the Directors Guild of America award, Ron Howard of "A Beautiful Mind" successfully dominated the Oscars and won his first Oscar statuette.

At this time, the suspense of the best picture no longer exists. After winning four statuettes, "A Beautiful Mind" has already surpassed the dust, and it is impossible for other works to launch a counterattack. Perhaps, the only suspense at the moment is—who will be the winner of the Best Actor Award?

After Steven and Lang left the stage hand in hand, Hugo appeared again, this time he served as the best actress award presenter. However, due to the limited suspense of this award, Hilary Swank won the championship with her outstanding performance in "Boys Don't Cry". Counterattack, so the atmosphere of the whole scene is relatively relaxed.

In the end, Hugo revealed the answer, "Hilary Swank, 'boys don't cry'". Such an unsuspecting answer made the scene quiet, and everyone just stood up and congratulated Hillary with applause. Following last year's Charlize, another actress under the age of 30 was born, and the Oscars at the turn of the century are undergoing earth-shaking changes.

Hilary walked onto the stage, weeping uncontrollably. When she took the statuette from Hugo, her hands were trembling uncontrollably. joy. Hugo gave Hillary a big hug, and then sincerely sent his blessings, and congratulated Hillary with applause.

When Hugo and Hillary returned to the side stage, Charlize was already waiting at the entrance. Hilary, who had just won the statuette, wiped away her tears and showed a big smile, "I still remember the picture of the two of you winning awards at the same time last year, it was really perfect." In one sentence, Hugo and Charlie The two of them exchanged a glance and laughed dumbfoundedly.

Perhaps the 71st Oscar will forever become a classic, or it will be talked about forever, but what is certain is that the wonderful moment of that night will remain in the long river of time forever, indelible. Hugo and Charlize didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, whether it belonged to them or everyone's memory.

Charlize congratulated Hillary again, gave Hugo a look, and then walked onto the stage under the guidance of the staff. Hugo turned his head back to the waiting room, and then he saw Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and others standing in the room. Steven waved to Hugo, "Don't go back to your seat Now, the next two awards are up to you."

"How did you know about me?" Hugo smiled and walked over, "Could it be that both of your departments voted for me?"

Steven said with a smile, "Can I get around you? It seems like a difficult task."

Hugo spread his hands, "Isn't that the reason why the cancer is called a cancer?" The calm appearance made all the colleagues in the waiting room chuckle.

The reason why Hugo can be called a "tumor" is because he is so good that people can't ignore his existence. Like Jack Nicholson, like Meryl Streep. Hugo's answer is calm, self-deprecating, and confident at the same time.

At the same time, many people in the audience are also discussing this topic - just like the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, people think that Hugo is a cancer in Hollywood, don't vote for him, but many people are still hesitating In the end, Hugo was chosen, which made Hugo win the Best Adapted Screenplay Award over many strong competitors.

So what now? What about in the Best Actor department where Hugo's edge is more pronounced? And in a department where few can challenge Hugo? Is Hugo really going to achieve an incredible reelection?

This is not just as simple as being re-elected, but the third actor in just five years, and what is even more frightening is that this feat was completed before the age of 33-in the long history of film, 33 years old The following actor winners are only two (not including Hugo himself), Richard Dreyfuss and Maximilian Schell (Maximilian. Schell), even with the best supporting actor, there are only Only six people.

Therefore, everyone is curious, and everyone is asking their partners, "Who did you vote for?" Trying to find the answer that will be revealed from the clues.

Michael Mann looked at Russell Crowe beside him in surprise, "What did you say?"

Russell shrugged, "I voted for Hugo, you heard me right."

Michael, however, was full of disbelief. Russell voted for a competitor when Russell himself joined the competition. This is indeed very rare—at least judging from Russell's expression, he doesn't seem to be joking, "You Is it because of Hugo's kindness to you?" Michael asked very curiously.

"Michael, you are disrespecting Hugo and me." Russell looked a little unhappy, "Hugo's performance in 'A Beautiful Mind' is indeed the best, it can almost be said to be thriving, I don't think the other contenders -- myself included -- are on his level, so my vote was objective and fair."

Seeing Russell's agitated emotions, Michael had already attracted the attention of other people around him. He had to put his finger on his lips, motioning for Russell to whisper, then turned his head to look at the stage in embarrassment, without saying anything more. Obviously, Russell was unwilling to discuss further, and turned his head to look at the stage.

After a while, Michael whispered to Russell, "Actually, I also voted for Hugo..."

The lineup for the best actor in the 72nd Academy Awards can be called luxurious. Sean Penn of "Sweet and Lowly" has completed the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival in one fell swoop in the past three years. The Best Actor Grand Slam at the festival, the winning rate is astonishing, and he has become the most sought after actor in continental Europe—even surpassing Hugo's influence.

Denzel Washington of "Hurricane" is the number one black actor in the United States. His influence and appeal are unquestionable. He once won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1989, but he has not been able to aspire to the best actor yet. It is worth mentioning that he is also the best actor winner at this year's Berlin Film Festival.

Richard Farnsworth is seventy-nine years old this year, and he is highly respected. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1978, and his performance in "Mr. It was a hit and won cheers from critics.

Russell Crowe can only be regarded as a junior among the nominees. In 1997, "LA Confidential" strongly entered the sight of Hollywood. Stage fright, once again showed his acting potential, which is admirable.

But in fact, even with such a luxurious lineup, the overall feeling is still lacking. Whether it is the overall quality of the work, including "The Shocking Insider", or the completeness of the performance of the actors and the degree of excavation of the characters, they have not been able to reach the expected. This also makes the actor department, which has always been the most competitive, pale in comparison.

The "Chicago Tribune" even put forward such a point of view, "Without Hugo Lancaster's 'A Beautiful Mind', this year's Oscars would be eclipsed and pale." What we are talking about is the competition for the best picture, and on the one hand we are talking about the competition for the best actor.

The reason why Hugo has been so sought after is not only because of his wonderful works in previous years, but also because he dedicated two works of "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" and "A Beautiful Mind" within the past year, which are reminiscent of the In 1995, because John Nash, played by Hugo, showed absolute strength, everyone was overwhelmed. Whether it was the delicateness and accuracy of the performance, or the level and connotation of the performance, Hugo brought the essence of acting to the fullest. Even the most critical film critics couldn't help being amazed.

However, bearing the title of Hollywood cancer, this makes the competition for best actor full of many variables in an instant, especially after Hugo took the lead in winning the best adapted screenplay statuette tonight, the vote-sharing crisis has reached unprecedented heights. This also makes the battle for actor the ultimate suspense at the end of tonight!

Under the eyes of everyone, Charlize Theron opened the red envelope in her hand.