I'm Not Dead Yet! - Peter O'Toole rejects Oscar (1 Viewer)

[oscar_merkx]

Great news to hear that Peter O' Toole has decided to change his mind. Fantastic performance in LOA

 

[Greg_M]

O'Toole deserved many Oscars. He managed to carry all of the films he as in. Glad to hear he will be there.

(By the way: I don't count "Caligula" as a film)

 

[Josh Lowe]

I feel Peter's performance as Zaltar in Supergirl is Oscar worthy for sure.

 

[Rain]

But, at the same time, he could accept this one and still win one outright, right?

Has that ever happened?

I agreed with his initial position...this award is the equivalent of being "put out to pasture." I don't know why he is changing his mind now. :frowning:

 

[Sean Laughter]

IMO, if the Academy is too dumb to give Oscars to people when they deserve them then I, in the hypothetical position of an actor offered a lifetime Oscar, wouldn't want to help the Academy save face by giving me one of these statues. If you're going to waste precious Academy Awards by giving them to things like Gladiator and Shakespear in Love then they can remain the fools they've always been, they shouldn't be aided in their attempt to make themselves look better.

 

[teapot2001]

The Academy's Board of Governers is giving the honorary award to O'Toole. The people on that board, which consists of probably around 50, have little to do with who wins the awards.

I don't see why some equate the giving of an honorary award with the implication of the ending of a career. Lots of people receive one at the height of their career, like Tom Hanks at last year's AFI. Bob Hope has received an Academy honorary award more than once, right?

~T