Michael Keaton Almost Missed His 2022 SAG Awards Win — See His Emotional Speech
etcanada.comMichael Keaton nearly missed out on winning an important honour at Sunday’s 2022 SAG Awards! The actor won the award for Outstanding Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for his role in “Dopesick“, the Hulu miniseries about the American opioid epidemic.
Presenter Salma Hayek joked that she had “stage fright” as Keaton raced to the stage to accept his award. “Sorry, quick trip to the men’s room,” he joked. “It’s packed!” After the laughs, however, Keaton’s speech took on a serious tone when he addressed the subject matter behind Dopesick — a personal story for the actor, who lost a nephew to a fentanyl overdose. “There’s an argument to be made, it’s a legitimate argument, that a night like tonight is self-serving, narcissistic.
It’s a legitimate argument to be made,'” he said. “That said, I’ll speak for myself, I am so fortunate….I’m so blessed to do what I do.
I have a job where I can be part of a production like ‘Dopesick’, that actually can spawn thought, conversation, actual change, who gets to have that job?
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