Neil Patrick Harris Goes Totally Gold for EW's Pre-Oscars Issue

Neil Patrick Harris paints himself to match the 2015 Academy Awards golden statuettes on the cover of Entertainment Weekly‘s latest issue.

The 41-year-old first-time Oscars host chatted about his love of musical theater shaping his future as a child.

“My interest in musicals started with Annie. I guess that spoke to small-town me and wanting to maybe someday get to the big city and do something bigger. I wasn’t an orphan, thankfully. But I loved that that small story turned into a much larger adventure,” Neil said.

For more from Neil, visit EW.com. Bigger cover inside…