Brian Tyree Henry on ‘Causeway’ Oscar Nom, Slapping Brad Pitt and the ‘Poor Man’ He Hugged on the Elevator
variety.comBrian Tyree Henry celebrated his first Oscar nomination by hugging a stranger. “This poor guy, this poor white man,” Henry recalls with a laugh.
The actor, who is currently shooting the Apple TV+ series “Sinking Spring” in Philadelphia, had spent the morning in his building’s gym with his phone on “do not disturb.” As he stepped into the elevator following his workout, he turned his phone on. “It started pinging and banging with notifications.
There was 130-something text messages. I opened the first one and just saw: ‘Congratulations.’ And I screamed.” At this point, they were trapped. “The doors of the elevator were closing.
He can’t go anywhere now,” Henry says, then reveals the following exchange: “I said, ‘I was just nominated!’” “He said, ‘That’s great, for what?’” “I told him, ‘It was for an Oscar!” “He said, ‘Cool what movie was it?’” “I said, ‘Who cares!’” Henry still laughs at the memory. “He hugged me and it was very sweet.
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