Will Ferrell Playfully Roasts Oscar Voters for Snubbing ‘Will & Harper’: ‘What a Bunch of Losers. If You’re a Member of the Doc Branch, Suck It’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Will Ferrell recently appeared on “The Late Show” and humorously roasted the Oscars for snubbing “Will & Harper” in the best documentary category.

The movie, which got picked up by Netflix after an acclaimed premiere at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, centers on a road trip Ferrell took with Harper Steele after she came out as transgender 30 years into their friendship.

While “Will & Harper” did make the Oscars shortlist of 15 documentaries, it did not end up as one of the five nominees. “We didn’t get it,” Ferrell told “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, who kicked things up a notch by proclaiming: “Fuck the Academy!” “Especially the doc branch,” Ferrell quipped back. “You don’t want to hang out with the doc branch.

What a bunch of losers. I hope there’s some of them here tonight: If you’re a member of the doc branch, suck it.” Ferrell told Variety at Sundance before the “Will & Harper” premiere that Steele came out as transgender in an email she sent to a handful of friends. “All of us were extremely supportive and expressed love,” he said. “But that sort of opened the questions like, how can we help you?