So the Oscars were last Sunday night and with that comes the thought I have every single year,
Roy Dupuis doesn't have an Oscar.
It irritates me to no end that Roy Dupuis hasn't earned an Oscar. No, let me rephrase that, he has earned an Oscar he deserves one but he has not won an Oscar.
Roy has at least 2 movies for which he should have been nominated, The Rocket in 2006 and again for Shake Hands with the Devil in 2008.
I watch The Rocket with very biased eyes but Roy in that movie is magic. Maurice is revered, not only in the Habs circle but in the whole NHL. Maurice was a French Canadian star, he broke the 50 goals in 50 games barrier, there is a trophy named after him, he won...cups He brought a voice and respect to the French of Canada. And Roy enlightens every aspect of this man during his glory, he fire, his passion, his weakness, his humanity, the torch he bore, his pain and joy . Worthy of an Oscar in my opinion, people have won for less, people have been nominated for less. (and the fact that he also played Maurice in a heritage minute commercial is just too Canadian)
The other movie that he is even more deserving of an Oscar for is, Shake Hands With the Devil where he portrays Romeo Dallaire. Shake Hands With the Devil received no Oscar nominations, nothing, no mention was made of it. You need to watch Shake Hands with the Devil, it will destroy you.
I'll never understand why Roy Dupuis is never honoured at the Oscars. Never. It's because he's a Canadian, who acts in Canada. Maybe someday in the future he'll get a pity win like Scorsese
ps. There was no hope he could have won in 2008 because Daniel Day-Lewis was up. Could have won best adapted though, then 2 Canadians in the category
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