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!”
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