Shameik Moore isn’t happy that Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse went home emptyhanded at the 2024 Oscars.
Moore, who voices the film’s protagonist Miles Morales, took to X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday evening (March 10) to express his dismay at the film losing out, going so far as to claim it was “robbed” of an award.
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The acclaimed 2023 super hero movie — which grossed almost $700 million at the box office, making it the highest-earning animated film based on a comic book — was nominated for Best Animated Feature.
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron was declared the winner, also beating out Elemental, Nimona and Robot Dreams.
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“Respect to the winners. It’s true, I’m definitely a sore loser, but we didn’t lose,” Moore tweeted after the ceremony. “Spiderverse has impacted ALOT of lives, we may not have been acknowledged tonight but life goes on, and BEYOND….. yea get ready [fuming emoji].”
A user responded by pointing to Spider-Verse co-writer Christopher Miller’s reaction to the loss, who praised director Miyazaki by saying: “Well, if you’re gonna lose, might as well lose to the GOAT.”
The user then said: “This is how you respond to losing btw,” tagging Moore in the post.
Miller’s humility made Moore re-think his position as the actor further admitted he doesn’t deal with losing well, unlike his colleagues.
“Your right, honestly the whole Spiderverse team are such good sports. Very professional and I’m excited to see what comes of this,” he wrote.
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“I’m young, and a fighter, so forgive my nature. Congrats to the winners.”
The Wu-Tang: An American Saga star concluded his defiant outburst by adding: “Everyone keeps telling me how my story is suppose to go…. NAH IMMA DO MY OWN THING.”
Moore’s path from a budding actor to the voice of Miles Morales was a long and exhausting one, as he recalled in an interview with HipHopDX last year.
“I was battling at Club Atrium in Atlanta when I was 12… It was like 1,500 people in that club and the casting directors for Soulja Boy, Keri Hilson, Lil Wayne etc. were there. That’s how I got put on the scene, by battling 18- and 20-year-old men at 12 and cooking!” he said.
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Moore also reflected on his come-up and the relentless hustle it took to get him where he is today.
“I was touring DeKalb County middle schools and high schools, getting pulled off stage, girls screaming. It’s all on camera,” he said. “I’m making a docuseries now. People have no idea about the Atlanta hustle and how I got here. The whole journey to Spider-Man is magic.”
