'Poor Things' director has fan moment at Golden Globes with Bruce Springsteen in audience
“Poor Things” director Yorgos Lanthimos has Spring-Nuts potential.
Lanthimos thanked Bruce Springsteen multiple times while accepting the “Poor Things” award for Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy at the Sunday, Jan. 7 Golden Globes Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
The Boss was in the audience. His “Addicted to Romance,” from the movie “She Came to Me,” was nominated in the Best Original Song — Motion Picture category.
“I just wanted to speak to Bruce Springsteen. We have the same birthday, 23rd September. He’s been my hero since I grew up,” said Lanthimos, a Greece native, to Springsteen in the audience.
The Boss, wearing a black sport jacket without a tie, gave a thumbs up. September 23 is a state holiday in New Jersey.
“Anyway, I'm wasting my time,” Lanthimos continued. “Thank you everybody, everybody who worked on the film. People that … Seachlight, Film4, Element (Pictures) that produced the film and made it happen. The actors, the wonderful actors. Bruce Springsteen for making me grow up the way I did. Emma (Stone), of course. She won, you know it. She's the best. Thank you so much and Martin Scorsese.”
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Scorsese was also in the audience and Stone won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Musical or Comedy Film for her role in “Poor Things,” a fantasy-comedy.
Lanthimos, who also directed the art house hits “The Lobster” and “The Favourite," has an invitation to join the Spring-Nuts Springsteen fan club, said Howie Chaz, founder of the group.
“Every Springsteen fan has an open invitation to join,” said Chaz via email. “This Train carries … Everyone!”
Springsteen's “Addicted to Romance” lost to Billie Eilish's “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie.”
“Oppenheimer,” “Succession” and “The Bear” were the night's big winners. “Oppenheimer,” filmed partly in Princeton, won five awards including best drama and best director for Christopher Nolan.
In September, Springsteen postponed the rest of the E Street Band shows in 2023 due to his bout peptic ulcer disease. Springsteen and the E Street Band are scheduled to return to the road March 19 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix.
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; [email protected]
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: 'Poor Things' director has Springsteen fan moment at Golden Globes
