‘An Irish Goodbye’ star James Martin has said it was ‘fantastic’ hearing the Oscars audience singing him a happy birthday as he picked up the film’s award.
Speaking to Newstalk’s Henry McKean shortly after picking up the Oscar, the actor said it has been fantastic to meet up with Irish stars like Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson for the awards, adding, “it’s just one of those days”.
Join us live from LA with the cast and crew of @AnIrishGoodbye_ winning best short. #Oscars2023 @NewstalkFM from 8am #GMT with thanks to @AerLingus flying the stars to Hollywood. @NTBreakfast pic.twitter.com/PmgiMgTmkX
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“Not just my birthday but actually winning an Oscar is a big deal and meeting up with those guys again has been fantastic,” he said.
“Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Brendan Frasier – I could name a lot of people and I wasn’t expecting [the win].
“It’s my birthday today so it was actually really good.”
Martin was celebrating his 31st birthday as he helped pick up the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film, with the entire audience joining in on the celebrations.
It was one of two Irish awards on the night, with Dubliner Richard Baneham also honoured for his work on 'Avatar: The Way of Water' with the award for Best Visual Effects.
One of the stars of #AnIrishGoodbye, James Martin says it was ‘fantastic’ hearing the audience singing him happy birthday at the #Oscars.
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In all, it was a relatively disappointing night for the Irish after picking up a record number of Academy Award nominations.
Martin McDonagh's 'Banshees of Inisherin' left empty-handed, despite nine nods.
Colin Farrell and fellow Irish nominee Paul Mescal both missed out on the Actor in a Leading Role gong to Brendan Fraser in 'The Whale'.
Meanwhile, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan also missed the Actor in a Supporting Role, with Ke Huy Quan honoured for his turn in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'.
The multiverse sci-fi comedy took home seven awards in total, with acting wins for stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis - who took home the prize over Irish actress Kerry Condon.
Meanwhile, 'An Cailín Ciúin', the first Irish-language film to be nominated for an Academy Award, lost out to German anti-war epic 'All Quiet On The Western Front,' which ended up taking home four awards.
"Not just my birthday but actually winning an Oscar is a big deal." @HenryMcKean gets up close to the stars at the Vanity Fair Oscars after party.
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