The actor said:

"I mentioned Ukraine in my speech because I had a show there four days after the Oscars...and then I had a show in Russia." He found himself in the region during the early days of the 2014 Russo-Ukrainian war. "I was on the ground when buildings were burning. The streets were barricaded. You showed up at the airport; there's no customs. You just walk right through. There were civilians with AKs. It was a wild thing. Everyone told us not to go."

The speech in question was his Oscars acceptance speech: He won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Dallas Buyers Club.

"As you struggle to make your dreams happen, to live the impossible, we're thinking of you tonight."

Leto was previously opposed to the concept of doing superhero movies - in the interview, he referred to himself as "a bit of a snob" in that respect, but he believes that these superhero movies everyone seems to be uniting around right now might be key to ensuring the future health of movie theaters, and even the entertainment industry in general.

"If it wasn't for Marvel films, I don't even know if theaters would exist."

Though its release date has been pushed back countless times at this point, fans can finally expect to see Jared Leto as the vampire antihero Morbius in theaters on April 1st. (...as long as it's not an April Fool's joke.)

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