You would think that if an actor were to receive an Academy Award they would treat it as a prize unlike any other. One can imagine an individual locking the trophy away in a clear Lucite case with a 40 number pin, while also prominently displaying it on a mantle in the showiest room of their home. Initially, however, J.K. Simmons didn't necessarily see it like that, and after winning an Oscar last month for Whiplash, he actually planted the award on top of the minifridge in the bathroom. The Academy Award-winning star made this revelation while recently doing an interview with USA Today about his life post-Oscar win. At one point, the conversation evidently turned to the location the prize was being stored, and it was then that Simmons revealed his temporary bathroom storage for his Whiplash award. He has since moved it so that it's in a"place ...
- 3/31/2015
- cinemablend.com
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