'Green Book' Best Picture Oscars Win Surprisingly Dedicated to Carrie Fisher

While many were surprised that Peter Farrelly's film Green Book took home the coveted award for Best Picture at the Oscars on Sunday night, the filmmakers did something even more unexpected when they accepted the award.

During the acceptance speech for the win, producer Charles B. Wessler stepped up to the mic and paid respects to the late Carrie Fisher.

"I want to dedicate [this] to our great friend Carrie Fisher," Wessler said near the end of the speech. Although there is not public knowledge of any possible involvement from Fisher in the film, it is known that the producer and the legendary Star Wars actress were close friends. There is always the possibility that Wessler sought advice from his friend before her untimely passing, although the film did not start going into production until 2017, months after Fisher's death.

However, not everyone was thrilled with the shoutout, with some fans commenting on the fact that Fisher received recognition in the speech, while Dr. Don Shirley, whom the movie is based on, did not.

Advice would not be uncharacteristic for Fisher, who was praised by Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson for her ability to contribute to a film.

"Carrie was, you know, a writer first and foremost. She loved words," Johnson said in an interview with ComicBook.com. "We would get together and we would go over the scenes. We wouldn't rewrite the scenes but she would throw out suggestions for jokes, and lines, and ideas. And we'd go back and forth. There are a few scenes that we got together with her and the other actors in the scene and kind of shaped it. I mean, if you have Carrie Fisher standing there with you, you'd be a fool not to use her writing talents. That was probably her main contribution."

The next episodic installment of Star Wars will be released in December, with Fisher appearing in the film posthumously. We won't be surprised if last night's Best Picture win isn't the last time someone acknowledges the legend in an acceptance speech.