Friends and family of “Nebraska” star Bruce Dern have revealed their concern for the 77-year-old actor’s well-being after he was discovered Sunday wandering alone on a sidewalk in Hollywood on the way to the Dolby Theatre to collect the Best Actor Academy Award that he believed he had already won. Upon being alerted of the confused actor’s whereabouts, daughter Laura Dern picked up her father and drove him home, but the undeterred actor immediately began walking back to the Dolby Theatre to accept his award.

“I could see why Alexander Payne shot ‘Nebraska’ in black and white, it’s much sadder to see an elderly person get their hopes up in color,” Laura Dern told Hollywood & Swine. “I tried explaining to my father that being nominated for an Oscar doesn’t mean that you’re going to win. Just ask Leonardo DiCaprio.”

Dern’s confusion over winning Best Actor is a tragic reminder of last year’s Academy Awards when the 85 year-old Best Actress nominee for “Amour” Emmanuelle Riva remained in the empty Dolby Theatre hours after the ceremony was over, waiting for that young blond girl who took her Oscar to give it back.

Oscar experts believe Dern is a long shot to take home the Best Actor Academy Award Sunday night, with the heavily favored Matthew McConaughey expected to win for his performance in “Dallas Buyers Club,” but Dern’s family already have a back-up plan to lift his spirits after the ceremony.

“We’re getting him a hat that says Best Actor winner,” Laura Dern said. “I also bought him a new pickup truck that I’m going to let him pull up in at the Vanity Fair party.”