Sarah Polley, a Canadian filmmaker, who won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar at the 95th Academy Awards, had a shocking April Fool’s Day experience when her 11-year-old daughter, Eve, played a prank on her.Eve used her mother’s Oscar trophy as the subject of the prank and pretended to be from the Academy.
Eve wrote a letter to her mother, which appeared to be from the Academy, asking her to return the Oscar as it was given to her by mistake.The letter was signed by the former Academy President, David Rubin, and informed Sarah that she had one more week to enjoy it before returning it.Eve even added that another letter would be sent to assure her mother that it was not a joke.
Sarah, however, quickly realised that it was a prank by her daughter and shared the letter on Twitter, saying that her 11-year-old “swung low” for April Fool’s Day.Despite the letter being a prank, people found it hilarious, and the maker of All Quiet on the Western Front, Edward Berger, even joked that Sarah should mail the trophy directly to him.
Sarah won the Best Adapted Screenplay for her work in Women Talking at the 95th Academy Awards, which is the most prestigious award she has ever won.Although Sarah wasn’t impressed with the prank, she acknowledged her daughter’s creativity.The letter went viral on social media, and people found it amusing.
To put it simply, Sarah Polley, a Canadian filmmaker, was pranked by her 11-year-old daughter on April Fool’s Day.Eve used Sarah’s Oscar trophy as the subject of the prank and pretended to be from the Academy, asking her mother to return the trophy.Despite the prank, Sarah wasn’t impressed, but people found it hilarious on social media.
