Bill Murray was ‘surprised’ he lost the Oscar to Sean Penn for ‘Lost in Translation’: ‘I had won everything’
NY Post
Not even Bill Murray can win them all.
The “Lost in Translation” actor, 74, has admitted that he was “surprised” he lost the Academy Award for Best Actor to Sean Penn at the 2004 Oscars.
Murray opened up about his defeat on Tuesday during an interview with Howard Stern for SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show.”
“It was sort of surprising. I won every other prize for ‘Lost in Translation,’ so I just sort of thought I was gonna win, ’cause I had won everything,” Murray recalled.
“Every single one. And then I didn’t win that one,” he added. “So I was like, ‘Well.'”
Murray was an awards darling in 2004 for his performance as a fading movie star in Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation.” He won a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award and an Independent Spirit Award and was considered the frontrunner to win Best Actor at the 76th Academy Awards.
