Volodymyr Zelenskyy (45) will probably not in the Academy Awards speak. As “Variety” reports, the Academy did not comply with the Ukrainian President’s request to be connected to the gala on March 12. So far, there has been no justification from those responsible for the Oscars.
The influential Hollywood agent Mike Simpson is said to have campaigned on behalf of Zelenskyj for his guest performance at the Oscars. Among other things, Simpson represents the filmmaker Aaron Kaufman (41), who shot a documentary about the Ukrainian president together with superstar Sean Penn (62).