Jeffrey Wright
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Jeffrey Wright won Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards for his role in the film. American fiction.
When Wright took to the stage to accept the award from presenter Colman Domingo, he expressed how excited he was to receive this honor from the actor. “Wow, thank you, thank you. And to receive this from you, Coleman, hey…that’s just a beautiful gift,” he exclaimed.
of american fiction Starr gave one of the most candid and heartfelt speeches of the night.
“It’s funny, you go to these award ceremonies. [and] You start to get tired of it, and then you buy it and, umm…the vibe changes,” he joked, to loud laughter.
He recalled attending the Independent Spirit Awards in 1997, when he was up for an award for best debut performance for his leading role. Basquiat. “When I first came to the Independent Spirit Awards, I had the opportunity to meet Muhammad Ali for the first time, who had come here with a movie. When We Were Kings And he was and continues to be my absolute hero. “This brings me even more great memories of this event,” he said.
Mr. Wright was candid about his reasons. american fiction The film was made as an independent film despite an all-star cast that included Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, and Adam Brody in addition to the actors. “The reason our film was originally independent was because no one wanted to finance the film except for Ram Bergman and Rian Johnson,” he said of the film’s T Street executive producers. mentioned.
In addition to thanking his co-stars, Wright also made sure to thank his “smart and attentive crew members, one of whom hoisted a pirate flag over the grip truck one day when we were filming on the beach.” I was grateful. He jokingly said, “If this doesn’t tell you what independent filmmaking is, then nothing does.”
Wright defeated nine other candidates, including Jessica Chastain (memory), Greta Lee (past life), Trace Lisette (Monica), Natalie Portman (May December), Judy Reyes (Birth/Rebirth), Franz Rogowski (aisle), Andrew Scott (all of us strangers), Teyana Taylor (thousand and one) and Teo Yu (past life).
This marks the actor’s first Spirit Award win after being nominated twice previously.besides him Basquiat He was previously nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film. broken flower.
The 39th Annual Independent Spirit Awards was streamed live on Film Independent and IMDb’s YouTube channels and X (formerly Twitter) pages.
