Denzo Washington recalls his reaction when he lost the Best Actor Oscar to Kevin Spacey in 2000.
this Gladiator II The actor had already won an Oscar and been nominated for three more before that year’s ceremony, picking up another nomination in 1999 for his role as Rubin Carter hurricane. His opponent with Spacey is American BeautyRussell Crowe insiderRichard Farnsworth straight story and Sean Penn sweet and insiderHowever, the Academy Award ultimately went to Spacey (Washington won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama that year).
“At the Oscars, they called Kevin Spacey American Beauty,” he recalled Esquire Magazine. “I remember turning around and looking at him, and no one was standing except for the people around him. Everyone else was looking at me. Not really. Maybe that’s how I saw it. Maybe I felt like everyone was looking at me. Because why is everyone looking at me? Now that I think about it, I don’t think they are.
Washington continued about his reaction, “I’m sure I went home and drank that night. I had to. I didn’t want to sound like, ‘Oh, he won my Oscar,’ or anything like that. That’s not what happened. ‘s. You know, there’s talk in town about what’s going on down the street, that’s between him and God. I pray for him. It’s between him and his creator.
The actor previously won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 1990s gloryHowever, hurricane This is Washington’s second Best Actor nomination, having previously been nominated in 1993 Malcolm X but lost to al pacino woman’s fragrance That year.
“I’ve been through a period of time [my wife] Paoletta [Washington] Watching all the Oscar movies – I told her, I don’t care about that. Hey: “They don’t care about me?” I don’t care,” he told the magazine. “You vote. You watch them. I don’t watch that. I give up. I’m bitter. My pity party. So I tell you, for about fifteen years, from 1999 to 2014, when I put down my drink , I am in pain.
Two years later, Washington finally won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001 for his role as Alonzo. training day. He has since received four more Oscar nominations for Best Actor.
