Not even Invoice Murray can win all of them.
The “Lost in Translation” actor, 74, has admitted that he was “surprised” he misplaced the Academy Award for Greatest Actor to Sean Penn on the 2004 Oscars.
Murray opened up about his defeat on Tuesday throughout an interview with Howard Stern for SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show.”
“It was sort of surprising. I won every other prize for ‘Lost in Translation,’ so I just sort of thought I was gonna win, ’cause I had won everything,” Murray recalled.
“Every single one. And then I didn’t win that one,” he added. “So I was like, ‘Well.’”
Murray was an awards darling in 2004 for his efficiency as a fading film star in Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation.” He gained a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award and an Unbiased Spirit Award, and was thought of the frontrunner to win Greatest Actor on the 76th Academy Awards.
Nonetheless, Penn, 64, beat Murray for his function in Clint Eastwood’s neo-noir thriller “Mystic River.” The opposite actors nominated within the class have been Johnny Depp for “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Ben Kingsley for “House of Sand and Fog” and Jude Legislation for “Cold Mountain.”
Regardless of the crushing loss, Murray stated he discovered a silver lining within the final result.
“It was kind of good. I realized that I had actually gotten sort of infected by wanting to win it,” he defined. “That I had contracted a low-grade virus of the desire for more. I had it for about six months. It had to wear off.”
Murray added, “So I did learn a lesson from it that if I had won, I might not have ever seen.”
“Lost in Translation” was additionally nominated for Greatest Image and Greatest Director and gained for Greatest Authentic Screenplay, giving Coppola, 53, her first, and nonetheless her solely, Oscar win.
Throughout a latest look on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” Murray mirrored on making the movie with Coppola and co-star Scarlett Johansson.
“Well there was a girl, she was a teenager back then her name was Scarlett Johansson back then,” the comic stated. “She was only 17 when she made that movie, 17 years old and it was beautiful to make the movie with the two of them.”
Murray additionally appeared again on the notorious whispering scene on the finish of the movie, calling it “an inspired moment.”
“That happened in the moment, it happened in the moment,” Murray shared. “That was a moment of seeing, ‘This is going to happen and it’s going to be even better because we’re never going to know.’”
