Invoice Murray says it was “shocking” he misplaced the Oscar to Sean Penn Gurilla Evaluate

And the Oscar goes to…Sean Penn. It was seven phrases that Invoice Murray didn’t need to hear, as evidenced by his face on the Kodak Theatre on February 29, 2004. Of his fellow nominees Johnny Depp, Ben Kingsley and Jude Regulation, he’s clearly the one most affected by the envelope Nicole Kidman was holding. However greater than 20 years on, Invoice Murray has a very different perspective on his Oscar loss.

Going into Oscar night time, Invoice Murray had a powerful shot at taking dwelling Greatest Actor for Misplaced in Translation, having received a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and quite a few guild honors. As such, he just about figured he’d be heading dwelling with gold. “It was simply – it was type of shocking. I received each different prize for Misplaced in Translation so I simply type of thought I used to be gonna win as a result of I received all the things. Each single one. After which I didn’t on that one, so I used to be like, ‘Effectively…’” (Penn had additionally received the Golden Globe within the drama class, whereas Depp was victorious with SAG for Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.

Even with the devastating loss to Sean Penn for Mystic River, Invoice Murray says lacking out on the Oscar gave him a perspective he wouldn’t have in any other case had. “It was form of good. I spotted I had really gotten type of contaminated by desirous to win it, you understand. That I had contracted a low-grade virus of the will for extra. I had it for about six months and it needed to put on off. So I did study a lesson from it that, if I’d received, I won’t have ever seen.” The following 12 months, Murray would star in Garfield: The Film, so, yeah, lesson realized all proper…

Misplaced in Translation can be the one time to this point that Invoice Murray was ever nominated for an Oscar, faring higher with the Golden Globes, Impartial Spirit Awards and, hell, even the Scream Awards. Sean Penn, in the meantime, had already been nominated for Greatest Actor thrice and even received once more for 2008’s Milk.

Do you suppose Invoice Murray deserved to win the Oscar over Sean Penn? Which different Murray performances ought to have been nominated?