It has been 63 years since Miyoshi Umeki grew to become the primary lady of Asian descent to win an Oscar for performing and Minari‘s Yuh-Jung Youn simply grew to become the second with a win for greatest supporting actress. The 73-year-old actor additionally made historical past as the primary Korean lady to win in an performing class on the Academy Awards. Not letting her history-making second go her by, Yuh-Jung began her acceptance speech off acknowledging Minari govt producer Brad Pitt. “Mr. Brad Pitt, lastly good to satisfy you! The place have been you after we have been filming?,” she teased, as he was the class’s trophy presenter. When requested later what it was like, Yuh-Jung advised the press room, “I noticed him on the stage after which he known as my identify, I may inform he practiced so much. He did not mispronounce my identify. I could not consider it, perhaps I simply blacked out a few seconds.”

She additionally shared the right pronunciation of her identify. “Tonight, you’re all forgiven,” she said earlier than taking a second to drag herself collectively. As we have seen all through awards season, Yuh-Jung is ever the gracious winner and shouted out her fellow nominees, saying, “Tonight I am luckier than you. And in addition perhaps it is American hospitality for the Korean actor?” You possibly can see her heartwarming speech within the full video above. For these nonetheless questioning what her dream undertaking with Brad could be, she had this to say, “That might by no means occur with my English and age, I do not assume so.”