Harrison Ford is skipping out on this year’s Oscars.
Ford was scheduled as one of the presenters at the 97th Oscars on Sunday night. However, the 82-year-old actor backed out of presenting Saturday morning following his recent shingles diagnosis, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The actor is reportedly doing OK and resting after receiving the diagnosis on Friday. Shingles is a “viral infection that causes a painful rash,” according to the Mayo Clinic.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to ABC and The Academy for comment.
Last month, Ford attended the Captain America: Brave New World and 1923 season two in Los Angeles. On the 1923 red carpet, he told THR about why he enjoyed working on the Western show. “I love the viscerality of it, I love the physical nature of the storytelling, I love being in natural circumstances, he said. “[It’s] a kind of old-fashioned movie-making mostly, no CGI or very little CGI — a little something to sweeten the location. But it’s really essential, old-time storytelling and I love working with this kind of material.”
Set as presenters for Hollywood’s most star-studded night are Academy Award winners Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer), Emma Stone (Poor Things), (La La Land), Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) will all present. Additional confirmed presenters this year include Oprah Winfrey, Selena Gomez, Ben Stiller, Sterling K. Brown, Willem Dafoe, Goldie Hawn, Joe Alwyn, Ana de Armas, Connie Nielsen and Lily-Rose Depp.
The Oscars is hosted by Conan O’Brien, and takes place at the Dolby Theatre. The ceremony airs live on ABC and is available for streaming on Hulu on March 2 starting at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
Entertainment Weekly first reported the news of Ford’s diagnosis.
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