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One thing’s for sure: life pre-Oscar win sure is simpler.
Once you’ve been handed that golden statuette, as was Leonardo DiCaprio after a decades-long quest, the burden of responsibility hits you like a ten-tonne track.
Old mate wasn’t at all prepared, despite having fkn ages to wrap his head around what winning an Oscar might entail: as we reported yesterday, he got so munt-daddy after the awards that he came this close to leaving his ‘Best Actor’ gong at a restaurant.
And earlier, at the Governors Ball, he was completely baffled by the statuette engraving process and learning that his Oscar isn’t going to maintain itself – that he’ll actually have to take certain steps to keep it in primo condition.
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In an awesomely human moment, Leo was caught on camera asking one of the Academy’s resident engravers: “Do you do this every year? I wouldn’t know.”
After she was done carving ‘King Of The World’ on his nameplate (jks but imagine), the engraver handed Leo a special care booklet detailing how to keep his new trophy shiny and chrome.
Confused, Leo asks: “I have to take care of it? I have to maintain it? What does it need?”
.@LeoDiCaprio while getting his Oscar engraved: “Do you do this every year? I wouldn’t know.”https://t.co/1nG7DSI2qP— Variety (@Variety) March 1, 2016
BLESS HIS INEXPERIENCED SOCKS.
So what’s actually inside that instruction booklet? How much work goes into maintaining that fucker?
Winners are advised to clean the statuette – which is cast in bronze and coated with 24k gold – by dissolving half a teaspoon of liquid dish soap in a cup of warm water.
Then they’re to “gently wipe the surface using the soap solution and a soft microfiber cloth” to remove dust and any traces of dirt or rust.
“It lasts forever and doesn’t require maintenance,” the care guide assures Leo et al.
*much maintenance.
Photo: Getty / Kevork Djansezian.