Forest Whitaker, Will Smith React To Michael B. Jordan's Oscar Win

Because of the people that came before me Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Forrest Whitaker, Will Smith After Michael B Jordan showed them out during his Best Actor in a Leading Role acceptance speech at the Oscars on Sunday night Previous Best Actor winners Forrest Whitaker and Will Smith celebrated MBJ's win on social media Forrest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland Forrest, who won in 2007, tweeted a photo of Michael and Sinner's director and Oscar-winning writer Ryan Coogler writing Congratulations to Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler on your Oscars for Sinners. From Fruitvale Station to Black Panther It's been a privilege to witness and be part of this journey with you both. Your storytelling continues to move cinema forward Yeah, so Forrest worked with both Michael and Ryan on Black Panther in 2018. On his Instagram story Forrest posted the extended version Congratulations to Michael B. Jordan on this moment In this lifetime that I will hopefully carry to the end of my lifetime into the next lifetime Thank you. Your dedication to the craft brings depth and humanity to every role you take on Congratulations as well to Ryan Coogler on the recognition for Sinners. Your vision continues to shape stories that resonate far beyond the screen From Fruitvale Station to Black Panther it has been a privilege to witness and be part of this journey with you both Your storytelling continues to move cinema forward Celebrating this well-deserved recognition and all the stories still to come. Now you might have noticed the year that Forrest won Will Smith was also nominated. He was up for the pursuit of happiness that year. Will did eventually win Best Actor in 2022 Denzel said to me a few minutes ago. He said at your highest moment be careful. That's when the devil comes for you Then on Monday Will Instagrammed a photo of Michael holding his Academy Award and wrote Congrats beloved making history. Now Michael and Will are supposed to co-star in I Am Legend 2 and yeah That movie's been kicking around for a while So I don't know what's happening there, but I do know that both them legends and so is Forrest. What are your thoughts? This is cool