‘I guess you could say it was chaos’ – Beatty
WARREN Beatty has described the Oscars blunder which saw him give co-presenter Faye Dunaway the wrong envelope as “chaos”.
The mishap at the Academy Awards saw musical La La Land announced as the winner of the coveted best picture accolade instead of Moonlight.
Beatty, 80, was handed the wrong envelope by an accountant from firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, who later apologised and took responsibility for the “unacceptable” mistake.
The Bonnie and Clyde star told Graham Norton: “I guess you could say it was chaos.”
He will soon be seen in Rules Don’t Apply playing American businessman Howard Hughes, marking his first return to the big screen in 15 years.
Appearing on The Graham Norton show alongside The Durrells star Keeley Hawes, Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi and singer Jennifer Hudson, Beatty – married to actress Annette Bening – explained why he had not made any films of late.
He told Norton: “We have four kids who are all more interesting to me than any 50 movies, but now we are approaching the empty-nest period I’m maybe going to make some movies.
“I have sometimes compared it to vomiting,” he said of his reluctance to make films, adding: “I rarely vomit, but something builds up, you think about it, you try to avoid it, but finally you think you will feel better if you throw up!”