If you love Messi, let him watch the Academy Awards from home.
Thanks to extremely important website Does the Dog Die, even those who have yet to watch the French film can confirm that Messi, a seven-year-old border collie, did not have to play completely dead in the nonetheless upsetting movie. His performance in a scene where he almost gives up the ghost has drawn raves, with the BBC describing his work in the movie as “one for the canine canon.” Messi and trainer Laura Martin Contini prepared for that scene every day for two months, she told IndieWire.
Dogs have certainly attended the Academy Awards in the past, most notably Uggie, the star of 2012 winner The Artist. Arguably the last dog to receive Messi-level accolades, the Jack Russell died in 2015 .
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