That means behind duck reward Jake Gyllenhaal gave to Owen Cooper as he turned youngest male Emmy winner
Jake Gyllenhaal gifted a bit of duck to Owen Cooper as he made historical past final night time (14 September).
The 15-year-old from Warrington turned the youngest male to win an Excellent Supporting Actor Emmy for his efficiency in Adolescence.
There’s no denying Cooper was merely sensible within the Netflix sequence earlier this yr, with the hit present racking in 13 nominations as co-stars Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty additionally picked up awards.
Having by no means acted earlier than, the lad’s clearly caught the eyes of Hollywood, having been solid within the upcoming Wuthering Heights movie and sharing a second with Gyllenhaal.
To be truthful, Cooper had made it fairly clear he was set on assembly the Nightcrawler actor as he instructed Jimmy Kimmel not too long ago: “I need to get there [to the Emmys], do all of the media after which simply chew Jake Gyllenhaal’s ear off all night time.”
The star admitted assembly him was his ‘primary precedence’ and it got here true earlier than the awards even occurred.
A video shared by Netflix’s Tudum confirmed Gyllenhaal making his manner down a lodge hallway feeling ‘nervous’ as he carried a present for the actor.
Cooper was speechless as he met his idol, mid-interview, about how he would really feel if it did truly occur.
“Oh my god,” the teenager repeated as Gyllenhaal walked into the room and hugged him.
Cooper additionally took to Instagram to share some snaps of the second forward of the awards as he wrote: “Honour and a privilege to fulfill an icon of the sport like Jake and can always remember it.”
Because the Adolescence actor opened up the little field, Gyllenhaal defined: “I made this film [Brokeback Mountain], and I obtained nominated for an Academy Award, and a pal of mine despatched me this earlier than.
“One thing identical to this. It’s only a ‘Fortunate Duck’ to maintain in your pocket. To provide you a bit of little bit of luck.”
Cooper seemed buzzing together with his little golden duck as Gyllenhaal joked about their assembly: “I simply got here by as a result of he’s simply been speaking about me an excessive amount of, so I simply figured I’d cease it, I’d cease it and get it performed.”
Not even needing that Fortunate Duck on his facet, the actor instructed the Emmys viewers he was ‘nothing’ simply three years in the past as he picked up his award.
“Truthfully, after I began these drama courses a pair years again, I didn’t count on to be even in the US, by no means thoughts right here,” Cooper mentioned.
“However I feel tonight proves that in case you pay attention and also you focus and also you step out of your consolation zone, you’ll be able to obtain something in life.”
Smashed it.
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