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13.03.2023 - 04:13 / deadline.com
After making history last year as the first deaf male actor to win an Oscar for his performance in Apple Original Film’s CODA, Troy Kotsur briefly lost his the trophy after his jeep was stolen.
The actor, who won in the category of Best Supporting Actor, was invited to accept the key to the city in his hometown of Mesa, Arizona.
“They asked me to bring along the Oscar,” the actor told Deadline on the Oscars red carpet tonight.
While at the Mesa event, he became tired after signing and holding the 10 lb. statuette. Eventually, he put the Oscar back in his jeep.
But then Kotsur’s jeep was stolen.
“Thank God for technology and GPS because the cops found my car in less than two hours. First thing, I thought was the Oscar. Is it still there? It was there,” Kotsur said.
How did the kids overlook the Oscar?
“I don’t think they even noticed it. I really hope somebody tells those kids. Maybe, if I showed up in person, I’d ask them, ‘How did you like my jeep? How did it drive?'” he continued.
“I signed a contract with the Academy and you can’t really leave it (the Oscar) in storage, you have to put it in your will and make sure someone is always responsible for it or put it in the Academy Museum,” the actor continued.
“I didn’t want to break my contract,” Kotsur said, “It really scared me when that happened.”
“Now the Oscar is safe at home.”
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“John Wick: Chapter 4” debuted last weekend to the franchise’s biggest opening and currently sits at about $100 million at the global box office. Not bad for a series whose creator, ex-stuntman Chad Stahelski, never dreamed he’d helm an action film as lauded as this one.
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Hollywood is mourning the loss of the late Lance Reddick.
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