Strangely,the Academy Awards have not had an actor to host since 2016.
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the two years after 2016, but otherwise, there has been no singular A-List host.
According to Rob Lowe, the Academy Awards are “basically a show that nobody wants to do.
It’s really sad.
But honestly, they’ve got nobody to blame but themselves” (viaVanity Fair.
In the past, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has been approached to take the mantle, joining Hart.
That would be the depths of hell for me.
This marks the first time the comedian spearheaded the event and the role seemed tailor-made for him.
Source:Vanity Fair,Vanity Fair,The New York Times
The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
