Wes Anderson reacts after winning Oscar for Henry Sugar’s Great Story

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In one of the biggest ironies of the 2024 Oscars, Wes Anderson – whose fans have been waiting for him to win an Oscar ever since… Royal TenenbaumNominated in 2001 – he won his first ever Academy Award but was unable to accept it in person. While the author didn’t get a chance to give his acceptance speech on stage, Netflix shared his statement about his win.

“If I could have been there, I (along with (producer) Stephen Riles) would have said ‘thank you’ to: Roald Dahl’s family; the Netflix team; Benedict (Cumberbatch), Ralph (Fiennes), Ben Kingsley, Dave (Patel) … and more,” the director wrote. (From the cast and crew).”

Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel The wonderful story of Henry Sugar It won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Benedict Cumberbatch plays the titular character, who develops clairvoyant powers, allowing him to cheat at gambling.

Anderson’s statement continued: “And also: If I had not met Owen Wilson in a hallway at the University of Texas between classes when I was 18, I certainly would not have received this award tonight – but unfortunately Steven and I are in Germany.” And we start filming our new movie early tomorrow morning, so I didn’t actually receive the award (in person) or get a chance to say any of that.

It is said that the movie mentioned by Anderson Phoenician planStarring Benicio del Toro, Michael Cera and Bill Murray. Roman Coppola is also credited as a co-writer. Last September, Anderson received funding worth 1.5 million euros from Germany to produce the film.