USA Today had the temerity to approach Cormac McCarthy pre-Oscars, and found he was all smiles.
…while the Kodak Theatre lobby bustled with stars, the famously reclusive author quietly slipped into the theater and sat alone with young son John. Approached tentatively because he is famously averse to interviews, McCarthy proved to be gracious and outgoing. His thoughts about all of this? “What’s there to say — I’m at the Oscars and I’m not even in the film business!” His son nodded enthusiastically. “It should be fun. It should be trippy.”
McCarthy said he was amazed that Hollywood decided to adapt the book with its unconventional ending. “I’m just glad people didn’t run screaming from the theater,” he said, chuckling.
When No Country for Old Men won Best Picture, the camera actually cut to McCarthy as he joined the standing ovation. Three cheers for the show’s directors for acknowledging the literary source of the film.
Now to get them to learn the bobbleheaded woman on the red carpet who just couldn’t figure out what was up with Viggo Mortensen’s new bearded look. He’s filming The Road, lady. It’s from a book. By Cormac McCarthy. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where people walk and walk just to find food, and good razors are exceedingly hard to come by.
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