Pedro Almodóvar criticises Will Smith’s “fundamentalist” Oscars comments about “the devil”
nme.comWill Smith’s references to “the devil” in his Oscars address, saying that “it was a fundamentalist speech that we should neither hear nor see”.The filmmaker reflected on his experience attending last Sunday’s (March 27) awards at which he was seated close to the action of Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock on stage and, later, watched Smith accept his Best Actor award for King Richard.In an awards-week diary for IndieWire, Almodóvar wrote that he wasn’t impressed with the language that Smith used in his acceptance speech.
In particular, he didn’t like Smith revealing that Denzel Washington had cautioned him in the aftermath of the slap: “At your highest moment, be careful.
That’s when the devil comes for you.”Smith said: “Richard Williams [whom he portrayed in King Richard] was a fierce defender of his family.
In this time in my life, in this moment, I am overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to do and be in this world.“But Richard Williams, and what I loved, thank you D.
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