Samuel L. Jackson Couldn’t Have Been Less Excited To Give ‘Green Book’ An Oscar

Brie Larson was none too pleased when she had to hand the Best Actor trophy at the 2017 Academy Awards to Casey Affleck, who had been accused of sexual harassment. A similar level of displeasure appeared to happen at tonight’s Oscars when Larson and her Captain Marvel co-star Samuel L. Jackson (not Goose, unfortunately) announced the winner of Best Original Screenplay: Green Book, written by Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga. The same Nick Vallelonga who once tweeted, “.@RealDonaldTrump 100% correct. Muslims in Jersey City cheering when towers went down. I saw it, as you did, possibly on local CBS news.” Take a look at SLJ’s reaction.

— amber ruffin (@ambermruffin) February 25, 2019

Compare that to when Jackson read Spike Lee’s name (along with Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, and Kevin Willmott) in the Best Adapted Screenplay envelope for BlacKkKlansman. He couldn’t have been more excited.

— UPROXX (@UPROXX) February 25, 2019

(Beyond Vallelonga’s comments, there were other reasons why Jackson was disappointed Green Book — a movie where a white man tells a black guy that he should like fried chicken — won, like how it’s not as good as fellow nominees The Favourite, or First Reformed, or Roma.)

Others were quick to notice the difference in responses.

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) February 25, 2019

the difference between samuel l jackson presenting green book with an oscar and samuel l jackson presenting blackkklansman with an oscar deserves an oscar

— ellie (@eleanorbate) February 25, 2019

— Inkoo Kang (@inkookang) February 25, 2019

Just *slightly* different reactions from Samuel L. Jackson to the two screenplay awards.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 25, 2019

As a writer, I’ve seen very few tributes to our craft more moving and noble than Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson cracking each other up about how they “need words” before awarding an Oscar to Green Book.

— Gabe Delahaye (@gabedelahaye) February 25, 2019

Somebody needs to gif Samuel L. Jackson's dual facial responses after giving out Oscars to both Green Book and BlacKkKlansman.

— Sara M Fetters (@MoviefreakSara) February 25, 2019

There’s even video evidence now.

— Mark (@tole_cover) February 25, 2019

For a complete list of 2019 Oscars winners, click here.