However, when he saw the stage manager actually on the stage in the background while La La Land producers were giving speeches, he realized something was up.
When Faye Dunaway read the name of La La Land the entire show began to unravel.
It’s clear that there simply isn’t a standard operating procedure when it comes to somebody reading the wrong name at the Oscars.
Of course, once he got there, he had no idea what exactly to do, at least until Denzel Washington gave him a clue.