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Kenneth Branagh wins FIRST Oscar with 'Belfast', fans say 'it took 8 nominations and 32 years'

Kenneth Branagh won the Best Original Screenplay trophy for 'Belfast', but fans believed that 'The Worst Person in the World' should have won it

Kenneth Branagh is finally as OSCAR winner! The actor-turned-filmmaker won the Oscar for the Best Original Screenplay for the movie ‘Belfast’ starring Jamie Dornan in the lead. The movie focuses on the life of a working-class family and their young son's childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s in the Northern Ireland capital.

This was Branagh’s eighth Oscar nomination and first, win at the event. The movie edged out nominees such as ‘Don’t Look Up’, ‘King Richard’, ‘Licorice Pizza’, and ‘The Worst Person in the World’ to win the accolade. ‘Belfast’ was touted as the frontrunner in the aforementioned category and didn’t come as a surprise when Branagh went up to the stage to pick the trophy. He is also nominated for Best Picture. His speech was brief, but rousing, and he thanked everyone who supported him during the movie.

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The movie’s script about a working-class family in 1970s Northern Ireland is based in part on his own youth in Belfast. With this nomination, Branagh became the first person to get nominated in seven different categories throughout his career. The first of Branagh's Shakespeare film adaptations, 'Henry V' in 1989, earned him his first two Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Actor. 'Swan Song' was nominated for Best Live Action Short Film a few years later. He was then nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1996 for his adaptation of 'Hamlet'. A nomination for Best Supporting Actor in My Week with Marilyn brought him back into the Oscar race one more time in 2011.

As soon as the filmmaker won the award, social media erupted in joy and expressed their excitement by sharing congratulatory messages on several social media platforms. Fans lauded Branagh’s work and said that he deserved every inch of recognition that he’s getting.

One of the fans wrote, “It took 8 nominations in 7 categories over 32 years but Kenneth Branagh is finally an Oscar winner and I am so thrilled.” Another fan wrote, “I don’t care if I’m the only one who’s happy for Sir Kenneth Branagh becoming an #Oscar winner for ‘Belfast’. I’,m celebrating.”

Meanwhile, one of the social media users wrote, “YES EXACTLYYYYYY I AM SO HAPPY.”

However, there were many who were not happy with the result and said that ‘The Worst Person in the World’ should have won the award. Several social media users wrote that the movie’s script was better and it was “robbed” at the Oscars.

“NOOO THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD GOT ROBBED,” another user wrote. “I can’t believe this oh wow, The Worst… was robbed,” another user said. “The category was stacked with good candidates and Belfast, this is so…” wrote another one.

Another social media user said, “The Worst Person in the world was right there.” Belfast over the worst person in the world screenplay is kind of a joke.”

Meanwhile, he was not the only one who created history at the Oscars. Ariana DeBose won Best Supporting Actress for ‘West Side Story’ and became the first openly queer actress of color to win an acting Oscar.