'The Queen's Gambit' Director Scott Frank Continues Emmys Speech Over Exit Music; Netizens React

Director Scott Frank bagged an Emmy Award for the Netflix limited series "The Queen's Gambit" Sunday. However, his long acceptance speech didn't go well with the netizens.

The 61-year-old director, who won in the Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie category at the awards show, took the stage and spoke for about two minutes, even after the exit music was played to stop him.

"I'm almost done," the director said as soon as the exit music began. He then continued talking about the show's lead actress, Anya Taylor-Joy.

Netizens immediately took to Twitter to share their reactions to the director's acceptance speech.

One of the viewers shared a screenshot of Frank's Wikipedia page and noted that someone updated it to include some info on the said speech. "Didn't take long for someone to update Scott Frank's Wikipedia entry," the viewer wrote in the caption.

Based on the screenshot, someone added a sentence to his bio. The update read, "He was also a pr--k to the orchestra on the 2021 Emmy Awards, speaking three times longer than Primetime Emmy Governors Award-winner Debbie Allen."

Another viewer compared his speech with that of British actress Michaela Coel, writing, "The back-to-back speeches of Scott Frank followed by Michaela Coel speak volumes about entitlement and consideration re: taking up time and space."

One more user praised Coel over Frank, noting, "Michaela Coel giving a concise, powerful, and humble speech directly after Scott Frank acting like an arrogant d-ck and shushing the musical cue three times for more rambling self-importance is awards shows in a nutshell. (I like The Queen's Gambit but read the room dude)."

Podcaster Kevin T. Porter also took a dig at the director. He tweeted, "Scott Frank wins Emmy for directing limited series, celebrates win with UNLIMITED SPEECH."

In response to Porter's tweet, a netizen wrote, "I think the speech went longer than the entire series. Play him off, keyboard cat."

The hit Netflix series is based on Walter Tevis' novel with the same title. Set in 1983, it follows the journey of a troubled orphan to becoming the world's best chess player.

Besides Taylor-Joy, the series also stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Harry Melling, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Marcin Dorociński and Moses Ingram.

Frank is all set to direct "Laughter in the Dark," which is currently in pre-production. He will also helm the thriller series "Monsieur Spade." Scott Frank, Director of "The Queen's Gambit" at the 73RD EMMY AWARDS, broadcast Sunday, Sept. 19 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/5:00-8:00 PM, live PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. (Photo by Cliff Lipson/CBS via Getty Images) Photo: Getty Images