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"Dick Poop," flubbed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs while announcing his
nomination on live television, beamed across the world.
"You know what? I've been called a lot worse than that," the
67-year-old told Reuters with a chuckle from his London home
shortly after he was spotted in the social media klieg lights.
Isaacs quickly corrected her mistake, but in the Twitter age it
could not stop "Dick Poop" from trending globally just below the
nominations itself.
"Not something I know much about is Twitter," Pope said about
his sudden Internet fame.
"I don't even know what trending means. It went over my head,"
he added.
The cinematographer, who earned an earlier nomination for the
2006 drama "The Illusionist," said he only knew something was up
when he started receiving emails by the dozens.
Pope has been lauded for the film's vivid and near-painterly
camera work in "Mr. Turner," director Mike Leigh's biopic of
celebrated 19th century British painter J.M.W. Turner.
The film's U.S. distributor Sony Pictures Classics joined in on
the fun, tweeting, "It's Dick POPE, guys," followed by "Laugh
all you want. This man makes magic. #DickPoop #MrTurner."
The malapropism also gave Procter & Gamble Co's toilet paper
brand Charmin a chance for some bathroom exposure too.
"Ok... SERIOUSLY? Dick Poop is trending on @twitter. It's like
the universe just loves to toy with us," Charmin posted on the
social network.
Pope himself was resigned to his star social media status for
the day.
"If it has to be like that, it has to be like that. I'm not
going to fight it," he said. "You can't imagine them calling the
Pope incorrectly?"
(Editing by Mary Milliken and Lisa Shumaker)
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