Regarding this year’s best supporting actor Oscar, the experts are sharply divided: Some argue Jared Leto is a shoo-in for his portrayal of a transexual AIDS patient in Dallas Buyers Club, others say that Michael Fassbender is the favourite to win for his portrayal of a brutal slave-owner in 12 Years a Slave.
But if Leto loses, he can take some solace in the fact that he’s already earned what many would consider a much greater honour—a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
In an interview with Gus Van Sant for V Magazine, Leto revealed that his band 30 Seconds to Mars accidentally broke the world record for longest rock tour. “Yeah, we were signed in 1998 and we’ve been touring since then,”; the actor/singer said. “Our last tour we broke the Guinness World Record for the longest rock tour. Which is kind of silly, we weren’t trying to. It’s just, they came to us.”;
“They just appeared?”; queried Van Sant.
“Well, they came on stage in their yellow jackets at our last show of that tour and gave us the plaque. It was a fun way to mark that passage and that time, it was 311 shows. […] It’s been incredible to see the world. I mean we’ve played the Middle East, Africa, and obviously Europe and American many times. We’ve seen things we never thought we’d see. A lot of fun.”;
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