Will Ferrell Jokingly Calls Academy Awards' Documentary Branch 'Losers' AfterWill & HarperOscar Snub: 'Suck It'

Mar. 15, 2025

Will Ferrell on Jan. 28; in ‘Will & Harper’.Photo:Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty; Courtesy of Netflix

Stephanie Augello/Variety via Getty; Courtesy of Netflix

Will Ferrellwould like a word or two with theOscars.

“Ask me if we got Oscar-nominated,” theYou’re Cordially Invitedstar said after Colbert, 60, praised the doc, which follows Ferrell and his transgender friend Harper Steele on a cross-country road trip.

“We didn’t get it,” deadpanned the comedian.

When Colbert jokingly said, “F— the Academy,” Ferrell chimed in, “Especially the doc branch,” referring to the nominators for the Oscars’ Best Documentary Feature prize. “You don’t want to hang out with the doc branch. What a bunch of losers.”

Will Ferrell and Harper Steele in ‘Will & Harper’.Courtesy of Netflix

Courtesy of Netflix

Looking out at theLate Showaudience, he jokingly added, “In fact, I hope there’s some of them here tonight. If you’re a member of the doc branch, suck it.”

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Will & Harperpremiered to rave reviews at the 2024Sundance Film Festivalbefore releasing in theaters and on Netflix in September. Although it wasn’t nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the upcoming Oscars — or for Best Original Song forKristen Wiig, Sean Douglas and Josh Greenbaum’stune— it has earned numerous awards. TheNational Board of Reviewnamed it in the top five documentaries of 2024 and it’s among the documentary nominees at the upcomingBAFTA Awards.

The documentaries that are competing for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar at the 97th Academy Awards areBlack Box Diaries,No Other Land,Porcelain War,Soundtrack to a Coup d’EtatandSugarcane.

source: people.com