Christopher Judge has set a new world record for the longest award acceptance speech in history at the recently concluded The Game Awards. The actor delivered a seven-minute-59-second-long speech after he won the award for Best Performance for his role as Kratos in Sony's game God of War Ragnarök.
The Game Awards announced this development via a post on its official Twitter account, where it compared Judge's speech with actress Greer Garson's 1942 Oscars Awards speech. Prior to Judge's speech, Garson's speech, which lasted five minutes and 30 seconds, was the longest award acceptance speech of all time.
Garson won the award for Best Actress at the 15th Academy Awards for her performance in the 1942 film Mrs. Miniver. Her long acceptance speech prompted the Oscars, the award show organizer, to set a time limit for speeches by award winners. To ensure award winners adhere to this limit, the organizers play music that will cut them off once they exceed it.
Despite its length, Judge's speech was inspiring and emotional. He revealed several behind-the-scenes details about the video game and appreciated everyone who helped turn it into a real game. He also revealed his reluctance to reprise the role he first played in the 2018 God of War game after he found out that the director Cory Balrog had been replaced.