Naomi Watts’ Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony: Jack Black, Ed Norton and Ryan Murphy dominate stellar event
Aussie actress Naomi Watts may have made her name 12 years ago as Princess Diana, but there was no shortage of Hollywood royalty in Los Angeles as the 57-year-old received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Her King Kong co-star Jack Black threatened to steal the show from the actress while producer Ryan Murphy - who has worked with Watts on four projects including looming legal drama All’s Fair - was among the entertainment industry heavyweights paying tribute to her abilities.
Husband and actor Billy Crudup was also there to support his stellar spouse while Ed Norton, who shared the big screen with Watts in The Painted Veil and Birdman, also paid tribute to her abilities, dating back to when he first saw her in her 2001 break-out film, David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.“I think I knew in my gut that this day, what we’re doing here now, was an inevitability for that actress,” he said.
The Hulk actor’s kind words were at odds with Watts’ humble assessment of her own skills in the lead up to recieving the 2826th star on the famed Hollywood landmark.
“I can’t believe it,” she told Variety.
“It’s interesting, because I have all kinds of imposter syndrome. I’ve always felt like I’m supposed to struggle, I’m supposed to keep proving myself, and this sort of just came out of the blue.
“It’s really lovely.”
Despite being twice nominated for an Oscar, Watts also told the iconic entertainment publication of how she was deemed “unhireable” in the 1990s after leaving Australia for Hollywood.
“I was flunking auditions over and over again, or I’d get in a movie and it would get cut down or out. It was just bad luck.”
