To become an Oscar winner is to get recognition of his talent and work in Hollywood, but, as practice shows, not all of it is so important and necessary. This can be seen by reading stories about how the nominees refused to receive their well-deserved awards.
The most important event in the field of the film industry is the "Oscar", and many dream to be on stage and get a long-awaited statuette. At the same time there are actors and actresses who do not really care about awards, they do not even consider it necessary to attend this event. Let's find out the names of these people and the reasons that pushed them to such a step.
1. Elizabeth Taylor
The actress, along with her husband Richard Burton, was nominated in 1966 for an award for the film "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". The man persuaded Taylor to miss the ceremony, as he had already lost four times and was afraid of another failure. As a result, the couple did not go to the event, and Elizabeth became the winner in the nomination "Best Actress".
2. Eminem
For the soundtrack for the movie "8 Mile" Eminem was nominated for the award in 2003, and, surprisingly, many, he won. The rapper did not come for the award, so it was taken by his colleague Luis Resto. There are two versions of why Eminem did not attend the ceremony: according to one of them, he stated that he did not come because he thought he would lose, and on the other, he simply chose to spend time with his family.
3. Roman Polanski
4. Dudley Nichols
This talented screenwriter is considered the first to voluntarily give up the Oscar for many. In 1936, he was nominated in the category "Best Adapted Screenplay" for the film "Awareness". Nichols did not want to receive the award, having decided to support colleagues from the Guild of Script writers. After some time, he still changed his mind and took Oscar.
5. Catherine Hepburn
The actress four times became the first and received a gold statuette, but she never attended the ceremony to take the award. For the first time on stage, Hepburn appeared in 1974, when she presented the memory award to Irving Thalberg. Then she confessed that before that she had not attended the ceremony to "not be selfish."
6. Alice Brady
Until 1944, the winners of the award were not given statuettes, and the award was tablets, and so one of them in 1937 won Brady in the category "Best female role of the second plan" in the film "In Old Chicago". Instead of an actress, a sign got a man who turned out to be a fraudster who stole the award. The award was never found, and Alice gave a copy.
7. Jean-Luc Godard
To the French director in 2010, the Film Academy awarded an award for his contribution to the cinema, but he did not respond to the invitation to attend the ceremony ... unlike his wife. She stated that the director, who is already 80 years old, will not risk his health to come to Los Angeles for a "piece of metal." In addition, honorable awards are not awarded at the main ceremony, but at the governor's ball, which also offended the director. Such a statement caused a stir in the world's famous publications, and Jean-Luc promised to come for a prize, but he did not do it.
8. Michael Caine
The actor may have wanted to go to the award in 1987 to get his first Oscar for himself in the film "Hannah and her sisters", but it did not work out as he was on the set of the new part of the movie "Jaws." It's a shame that in the end this picture got a zero rating. In 2000, Michael was already at the awards to take his second award for the role of the second plan in the film "Rules of winemakers."
9. George C. Scott
The actor even before announcing the nominees in 1970 said that he would give up the nomination and the award, but he still won. The reason for this decision was banal - George said that the award is a two-hour meat parade (at that time the award lasted two hours, and now - four).
10. Paul Newman
The actor for a long time dreamed of a prize and after six nominations he finally became the first in 1987 in the category "Best Actor" for playing in the film "The Color of Money". He did not come to the statuette, confessing that he "was very long after the long-awaited Oscar and was just tired."
11. Banksy
The British artist appreciates his personal life, so in the first place he has anonymity. In 2011, he presented his first film, "Exit Through a Souvenir Shop," which was immediately praised by critics and received a nomination as the best documentary. Banksy refused to attend the ceremony, even though he was offered to wear a mask to keep anonymity.
12. Marlon Brando
In 1973, the actor was guaranteed to receive an Oscar for the best role in the film The Godfather, but he boycotted it, sending instead an activist of Indian descent Sashin Light Pen. Having accepted the statuette, she read a speech written by Brando himself about the ill-treatment of the Indians. It's terrible that instead of applause, it was whistled in response.
13. Peter O'Toole
The actor was the first who in 2003 refused to receive an honorable statuette. For his acting career, Peter was nominated for an award eight times, but he never becomes a winner. He came to the ceremony only after he was told that he could win in the nomination after receiving an honorable statuette.
14. Woody Allen
The director does not like such events, so he never attends awards ceremonies, believing that the concept of premiums is meaningless. He was not even on Oscar in 1978, when he won the nomination "Best Director", and his film "Annie Hall" was the first in the nomination "Best Screenplay" and "Best Film". Allen made an exception only in 2002 and then he came to the Oscar to present films shot in New York. He took this decision to honor the memory of the victims of the September 11 tragedy.
STARLINKSDespite several "truants", the Oscar ceremony still remains the most significant event in the film industry. Let's see who will be distinguished this year at the award ceremony.