One simply does not expect Jeff Goldblum to pronounce words conventionally. The Wicked star, music legend and all-round grammatical master recently blew up Twitter with his simple pronunciation of both 'Cineworld' and, more specifically, 'foyer'.
It all came about when Jeff arrived at Cineworld as part of our Christmas gifting campaign – and the results speak for themselves, as you can see below.
Author Ross Sayers was hot on the case in bringing it to everyone's attention, resulting in 603k views, 10k likes and 544 retweets (and counting).
In fact, the sheer Jeffness went viral with people posting their own responses online. We've rounded up a few of them below – which side of the 'Foyurrr/Fawyayh' debate are you on?
New pronunciation just dropped: "Fauyer" pic.twitter.com/m2e1WuHu1H
— Cineworld (@cineworld) November 29, 2024
We'll be using "jeff-ness" to describe things for the foreseeable future.
— Cineworld (@cineworld) November 29, 2024
What about the foyurh? or even the lobby? 👀 pic.twitter.com/yzulI0XoUH
— Cineworld (@cineworld) November 29, 2024
At cinnaWORRRLD, online or in the fwahyay
— The Goose 🪿 (@TheAugoosetus) November 29, 2024
I’m sorry but you don’t hire Jeff Goldblum to say anything normally lol
— Matthew S. Robinson (@robinsonishyde) November 29, 2024
How else would you pronounce foyer?
— TrenceA (@TrenceGW) November 29, 2024
It also feels like he ad-libbed the word "captivating" and was seeing what the director felt about that.
— Josh Jacks (@Photo_Jacks) November 29, 2024
fwayeeehye
— 𝐸𝑙𝑙 ✨jungle era ⭐️🌴 (@dxctr_master) November 29, 2024
You can't have enough Jeff in your life. For that reason, we're re-sharing our interview with him and Wicked co-star Jonathan Bailey in which they answer fan questions from Cineworlders. Check it out below.
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