Messi, the dog from Anatomy Of A Fall, is a celebrity to celebrities
The award-winning border collie who played Snoop in Anatomy Of A Fall was a very good boy at the Academy Award Nominees Luncheon on Monday

We all get a little starstruck sometimes. For us boring regular people, that would probably happen were we to meet any of this year’s illustrious human Oscar nominees, from Emma Stone, to Ryan Gosling, and beyond. But for those people, seeing each other just isn’t that exciting. They’re old coworkers after all, and who gets starry-eyed seeing their coworkers for the hundredth time? No, celebrities want to spend their time greeting a real celebrity. Celebrities want to meet the dog.
Messi, the seven-year-old border collie who plays Snoop in Anatomy Of A Fall, was the clear VIP of this year’s Academy Award Nominees Luncheon. Traveling all the way from France to Los Angeles with his trainer for the event, the hype for Messi among Hollywood’s best and brightest was not unlike the hype among those in the music industry for Beyoncé at the Grammys. Everyone wanted to meet him. Not only did Messi get his own red carpet moment, but he was also photographed with Billie Eilish, America Ferrera, Bradley Cooper, Mark Ronson, Ryan Gosling, and more.