Oscars: Octavia Spencer Wasn't Warned About Neil Patrick Harris' Gag — hollywoodreporter.com

This story first appeared in the March 13 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. One person who wasn’t prepped for Neil Patrick Harris’ running gag about Octavia Spencer guarding his briefcase? Octavia Spencer. But she ended up totally committing to the part anyway. At one point during the ceremony, she “stood up and went over to say hey to Emma [Stone], but for some reason, I’m still keeping an eye on the box,” the actress told THR at the Fox afterparty at BOA. Despite the broadcast’s bad reviews on Twitter, Spencer thought it was “the most exciting show in years,” going so far as to describe Harris’ turn as a “throwback to the Carson era.”

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