Richard Curtis Says Will Ferrell Deserves An Oscar For Elf

On Thursday evening, while attending the Oscar Wilde Awards, Richard Curtis voiced his opinion on how he thinks Will Ferrell, who played Buddy the Elf in the 2003 Christmas Comedy Film, Elf, deserves to be nominated for an Oscar Award.

The filmmaker said it made him very antsy when Will Ferrell didn’t get nominated for his role in Elf. He went ahead and said that, had Will Ferrell been nominated, he would have voted for him, because he was rooting for Will, but “he was never given the chance” to do so.

Curtis went ahead to express his disappointment over the fact that Peter Sellers was also not nominated for his role as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series. He went further to say: “I think it’s a real issue that comedy isn’t respected as much…but I do try and push for comedy performances whenever I can.”

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He continued: “it’s the price you pay, as it were. Comedies tend to make a bit of money, and then you don’t get the prizes.”

Richard Curtis – Tips On Some Things That Will Happen At This Year’s 2022 Annual Oscar Awards

This year’s Oscar Awards is scheduled to hold on Sunday, 27th of March. Usually, this event takes place towards the end of February but, to provide an extra buffer against potential resurgences of COVID, it was moved up by a month.

The 94th Annual Academy Awards will be taking place in Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and for the first time since 2017, it’ll be having a host, and not just the regular. This year’s awards ceremony will be hosted by females namely; Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes.

The Musicians invited to perform at the ceremony are Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Finneas, who are all up for their first Academy Awards. Beyoncé’s ‘Be Alive‘ from King Richard and the Eilishes’ Bond theme ‘No Time To Die‘ are both up for Best Original Song.

Sebastián Yatra will also perform the Encanto song ‘Dos Oruguitas’, while Reba McEntire will perform the Diane Warren–penned song from Four Good Days, ‘Somehow You Do.’

Other performers would include D-Nice, The Samples, and an “all-star” band of Blink-182’s Travis Barker, Sheila E., Robert Glasper, and music director Adam Blackstone.

Richard Curtis – Some Nominees In The List Of The Oscar Nominations

Best Picture: Belfast, CODA, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story.

Directing: Kenneth Branagh (Belfast), Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car), Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza), Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog), Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

Actor in a Leading Role: Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog), Andrew Garfield (Tick… Tick… BOOM!), Will Smith (King Richard), Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

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Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye), Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter), Penelope Cruz (Parallel Mothers), Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos), Kristen Stewart (Spencer),

Actor in a Supporting Role: Ciarán Hinds (Belfast), Troy Kotsur (CODA), Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog), J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog),

Actress in a Supporting Role: Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter), Ariana DeBose, (West Side Story), Judi Dench (Belfast), Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog), Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

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