Oscar 2021: Sacred Best actor, Anthony Hopkins pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman

The actor of The Father, absent from the ceremony, thanks the Academy in a video published on Instagram.He pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who died in 2020, posthumously appointed in the same category.

It was one of the big questions of these 2021 Oscars: would Chadwick Boseman be sacred best actor posthumously?The answer arrived at the end of the ceremony this night in Los Angeles: the statuette finally returned to Anthony Hopkins for his performance in The Father, of French Florian Zeller.Absent from the ceremony, the British actor published a video of thanks this Monday in which he salutes the memory of the missing actor.

Posthumous appointment

Chadwick Boseman died on August 28 at the age of 43, carried away by cancer.His illness had been kept secret, and his disappearance sparked a wave of emotion in the public as in Hollywood.Having become a star of the big screen thanks to his role as Black Panther, the Marvel superhero, he competed in the Oscars for his performance in the blues of my Rainey, released last November on Netflix, three months after his death.

The Father won two awards over six nominations.The feature film, taken from the eponymous piece of Florian Zeller, has established itself in the best scenario category.The big winner of the evening remains Nomadland of Chloé Zhao, who won three statuettes including that of the best film.

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