dominated nominations to the Actor Awards on Wednesday, with Paul Thomas Anderson鈥檚 ragtag revolutionary saga landing a record seven nods in the annual SAG-AFTRA honors.
In the 31 years of the Actor Awards, formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, no movie has received more than five nominations. Along with a nod for the guild鈥檚 top award, best ensemble, the cast of 鈥淥ne Battle After Another鈥� was showered with nominations for Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and its stunt performers.
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had an especially good result. Along with a best male actor nod for Michael B. Jordan, supporting actors Miles Caton and Wunmi Mosaku were both nominated. It collected five nominations in total.
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Historically, the Actor Awards have been one of the strongest Oscar indicators. Actors make up the largest branch of the film academy, and, in the past, individual SAG nominees have overlapped with the Oscar field at a rate of roughly four out of five. The Actor Awards are presented by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
That means the nominees Wednesday may closely resemble those headed to the Oscars. They are:
Best male actor: DiCaprio, Timoth茅e Chalamet (鈥淢arty Supreme鈥�), Michael B. Jordan (鈥沦颈苍苍别谤蝉鈥�), Ethan Hawke (鈥淏lue Moon鈥�) and Jesse Plemons (鈥淏ugonia鈥�). The only surprise of that group was Plemons. The favorite remains who won the same award last year for 鈥淎 Complete Unknown鈥� and in his acceptance speech.
Best female actor: Infiniti, Jessie Buckley (鈥淗amnet鈥�), Rose Byrne (鈥淚f I Had Legs I鈥檇 Kick You鈥�), Kate Hudson (鈥淪ong Sung Blue鈥�) and Emma Stone (鈥淏ugonia鈥�).
In the supporting male actor category, the nominees are: Del Toro, Penn, Caton, Jacob Elordi (鈥淔rankenstein鈥�) and Paul Mescal (鈥淗amnet鈥�).
The nominees for best supporting female actor are: Taylor, Mosaku, Ariana Grande (鈥淲icked: For Good鈥�), Amy Madigan (鈥淲eapons鈥�) and Odessa A鈥檢ion (鈥淢arty Supreme鈥�). The biggest surprise in that category was the 25-year-old A’zion.
Snubbed altogether was Joachim Trier鈥檚 acclaimed Norwegian drama Both Renate Reinsve, in lead female actor, and Stellan Skarsg氓rd, for supporting male actor, have been viewed as shoo-ins. Many analysts have even considered Skarsg氓rd the favorite to win. With more than 122,000 voting members, the actors guild has tended to skew more populist and the guild often shies away from non-English language nominees.
Membership in the academy, meanwhile, has grown increasingly international. Along with 鈥淪entimental Value,鈥� movies like the Iranian revenge drama and the Brazilian political thriller should have greater success come Oscar nominations on Jan. 22.
There have been some prominent differences between SAG and the Oscars. Last year, Chalamet won best male actor but lost to Adrien Brody (鈥淭he Brutalist鈥�) at the Oscars. The papal drama 鈥淐onclave鈥� took best ensemble, but Sean Baker鈥檚 鈥淎nora鈥�
On the television side, the leader in comedy was which scored nods for its ensemble, Seth Rogen, Kathryn Hahn, Catherine O’Hara and Ike Barinholtz. The top drama was which collected four nominations including best ensemble and nods for Parker Posey, Walton Goggins and Aimee Lee Wood. The limited series also landed four nominations, for Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty and Christine Tremarco.
The Actor Awards will take place Sunday, March 1, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Netflix will stream the ceremony live. with the guild’s life achievement award.
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