Los Angeles – The live slap on the night of the Oscars is expensive Will Smith: Will not be able to attend the Oscars for ten years (but keep the prize won as Best Actor in a Leading Role for His Role in A Winning Family – King Richard). It is the decision made by the Academy Board of Governors, who reunited today twelve days after the actor slapped comedian Chris Rock over a joke about his wife’s alopecia.
From the Academy’s Board of Governors they include Hollywood luminaries such as Steven Spielberg and Whoopi Goldberg. The meeting took place today via Zoom to discuss the aftermath of Smith’s assault. It was scheduled for April 18, but was brought forward to today because Will Smith’s recent resignation from the Academy had mixed up the cards. “Suspension or expulsion are no longer an option”, wrote President David Rubin in the convocation letter: “It is in everyone’s interest that the case is dealt with promptly”. Among the heaviest consequences was the possibility of withdrawal dell’Oscar, although both Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski were saved from this extreme punishment during the #MeToo storm. The board then decided to dismiss him from the next ‘nights of the stars’ but also by other events organized by the Academy for the same period of time.
Smith accepted “respecting” the Board’s decision. The actor, as mentioned, had resigned from the Academy on April 1, thus triggering the weapon that the 54 Governors of the highest government body in Hollywood had in their pockets to punish him for having spoiled the most important evening of the year. for American cinema.
Despite the ban from the final evening, he could be nominated in the future and win other statuettes: this could happen as early as next year if Apple studios do not parade from his next project, the slavery thriller “Emancipation” directed by Antoine Fuqua, which should come out in the next few months.
In ruling against Will Smith, the Academy has also sprinkled its head with ashes: “During the live broadcast we didn’t deal with the situation as we should have. For this we apologize. It would have been the opportunity to set an example for our guests and our spectators, but we failed, remaining unprepared for an unprecedented fact. “