Production designers are not used to becoming internet celebrities, but The Shape of Water set designer Shane Vieau became a star just by wearing sunglasses to the Oscars stage.
Vieau shared the Oscar for Best Production Design with Paul D. Austerberry and Jeffrey A. Melvin. The trio also won the same award at the BAFTA Awards last month.
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Vieau previously worked with The Shape of Water director Guillermo Del Toro on Crimson Peak in 2015. His other credits include Tim Burton’s Big Eyes, Suicide Squad, Spotlight, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.
His next film is Mortal Engines, which hits theaters on Dec. 14. The sci-fi movie was directed Christian Rivers. He is also working on the DC Comics movie Shazam! which stars Zachary Levi as the title character. It hits theaters on April 5.
Here is how Twitter users reacted to Vieau’s look.
Hold everything! Cool dude alert! #oscars pic.twitter.com/aOPdVVPF6M
โ Jeff Delgado (@Jeff_Delgado) March 5, 2018
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โช๏ธ Black Mirror #Oscars pic.twitter.com/AGEmrY451n
โ Arrested Development or Black Mirror? (@ADorBM2Day) March 5, 2018
Itโs pretty cool this bad SNL character won an Academy Award. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Pg3BWrMD4u
โ Andrew (@jupin) March 5, 2018
3/4 sleeves, Adidas and sunglasses. ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ #Oscars pic.twitter.com/8BDFlGVSXY
โ Robert Hernandez (@webjournalist) March 5, 2018
How incredibly high is the Production Design winner wearing sunglasses indoors and who gets to party with him later? #Oscars
โ Moisรฉs Chiullรกn (@moiseschiu) March 5, 2018
One person joked that Vieau looked as well as Gael Garcia Bernal’s performance of “Remember Me” from Coco.
turns out I can sing as well as Gael Garcia Bernal and dress as well as the production design guy who wore tennis shoes and sunglasses
โ Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) March 5, 2018
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