Yuh-Jung Youn wins the Oscar (and Brad Pitt’s heart)

The 93rd edition of the Oscars did not give particular emotions, but deserved awards and above all it inaugurated the return of cinema in the presence (goodbye Zoom), after the unsuccessful experiment of the last remote Golden Globes. Honorable mention for the “best couple” of this ceremony from Los Angeles Union Station goes to Yuh-Jung Youn and Brad Pitt.

The Korean actress she won the Best Supporting Actress statuette for her role as the grandmother in the beautiful Threatening (in Italian cinemas from today, the first film on the bill to “inaugurate” the reopening), and Brad Pitt, winner of the Oscar last year (for Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood), awarded it. Among the most anticipated of the evening, the actor took the stage and recalled the favorite films of the candidates as children, and also his (“Clint Eastwood and Godzilla, in the drive-ins of my city “).

When it happened to Yuh-Jung Youn, the 73-year-old actress stepped on stage incredulous and happy. And then, with her first Oscar in hand, she immediately turned to Brad, as if she wanted to bring him back to the stage: “Mr. Brad Pitt, finally. Nice to meet you!”, he said, making the room laugh, “Where it went?“, he added. in conclusion, Yuh-Jung Youn is one of us!

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The actress then focused on the importance of the award. He won, in fact, an Oscar for his first American film, 50 years after his debut in Woman of Fire. Youn is also the first Asian actress to win like Best Supporting Role since 1958, when Miyoshi Umeki took home the statuette for Sayonara. One he made fun of the audience for mispronouncing his name throughout the awards season: “But tonight, you are all forgiven“. She then said she was incredulous for beating eight-time nominee Glenn Close. “How can I have won against Glenn Close?”, He made it known again, addressing the other “challengers”: Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Colman and Maria Bakalova: “Maybe I’m just luckier than you.”

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It’s still: “I am from Korea, I live from another part of the world. I usually watch the Oscars on TV, I can’t realize I’m really here ». After the speech, One she took care to “find” Brad Pitt – moved by her colleague’s speech – and to take him by the arm. So the two, far from the rules of social distancing, moved away towards the backstage, immediately becoming material for gifts and memes. But on the night of Yuh-Jung Youn anything is possible.

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