It was perhaps the best event of the night. 2018 Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel told the audience that they should thank moviegoers for supporting all of the work that they were celebrating at the Oscars. When the audience applauded, Kimmel told them that they should really thank them, and suggested that a group of stars accompany him to a theater next door to surprise a group of moviegoers, ABC News reports.
“I don’t think you fully understand, I don’t want us to just clap [for the moviegoer],” he said, and revealed his plan.
“Let’s head over there right now,” Kimmel said, leading the group to the theater.
STAY TUNED: A group of celebrities from the #Oscars are headed to surprise an unsuspecting movie theatre audience…https://t.co/lJd891ISOk #Oscars pic.twitter.com/olOx2jrb13
— ABC News (@ABC) March 5, 2018
Lupita Nyong’o, Margot Robbie, Gal Gadot, Mark Hamill, and Guillermo del Toro were some of the stars that accompanied Kimmel over to the TCL Chinese Theater to surprise the group of moviegoers watching an early screening of A Wrinkle in Time, Vanity Fair reports.
According to Vanity Fair, at last year’s Oscars, Kimmel brought a tour group to the front row during the show to meet some A-listers.
When Kimmel and his group reached the movie theater, they walked in and greeted the audience with snacks, including candy, a six-foot sub and a cannon that shot out hotdogs, ABC News reports.
The movie stars are armed with candy, a six-foot-sub, and two hotdog cannons… https://t.co/lJd8920ucU #Oscars pic.twitter.com/l0KCoS82vf
— ABC News (@ABC) March 5, 2018
Kimmel then broke the news to the audience that they were live on the Oscars.
“This is so much better than the Oscars,” Gadot yelled.
Kimmel thanked the audience for attending the movies, and even got the entire audience of stars at the Oscars to thank the moviegoers.
The Oscars host then grabbed one lucky moviegoers, who was named Mike, and let him introduce the next presenters, Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph, ABC News reports.
Honestly, I’m a little jealous, and am totally wishing I was in that movie theater. I mean, who wouldn’t want to get free snacks from some of your favorite celebrities?