The best Actor race does not have a candidate who is miles ahead of the competition like Gary Oldman last year and Casey Affleck Leonardo DiCaprio in the years before.
Quite often along with the best performance the actors decide to award their peer who has been a consistent actor throughout his career and has not quite managed to reach the upper echelons.
The buzz was always around 4 actors, all of whom have been nominated.
The 5th one is Willem Dafoe who plays Vincent Van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate. He isn't going to win.
Viggo Mortensen- Tony Vallelonga (Green Book)
Viggo Mortensen is becoming a consistent name in this cateogry with his nod in years. In a film where his co-actor Mahershala Ali has dominated the supporting actor category it's hard to see Viggo getting any love here. If the precursors are an indicator and they usually are. It's not going to be Viggo's night.
Bradley Cooper - Jackson Maine (A Star is Born)
A Star is Born sees Bradley Cooper nominated as an actor,writer and producer His performance as Jackson Maine made some look at him as a pathetic individual. As that is how we view people with mental disorders don't we. He captures the other side of a performer and we see what they go through when they are off stage. What goes against Cooper is that he has thrown in his hat in multiple categories this year and voters feel that the other one will reward him and they do no need to do so.
It all comes down to these two....
Rami Malek- Freddie Mercury/Farrokh Bulsara (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Has won the Golden Globe for Best Actor- Drama, SAG award for Best Actor and the BAFTA best actor. He plays a very famous character in Freddie Mercury and made audiences think that the legendary Queen band member had risen from the dead to portray himself in this biopic. The recreation of the LiveAid concert was mesmerising and despite allegations of the film being retconned to present a sanitised version of Freddie Mercury and a timeline to create more dramatic effect you cannot take away that amazing performance of Rami Malek. Voters seem to think so as well as apart from the Critics Choice Awards, every other award body has chosen Rami Malek as their Best Actor.
This character fits the bill among Academy voters as a real figure. He is also a popular figure as audiences the world over appreciate his performances as Elliot Alderson in the show Mr. Robot. The fact that this movie is nominated may draw a large number of casual music fans and Tv show fans to the Oscars. A Malek loss would alienate the audiences even further.
Christian Bale- Dick Cheney (Vice)
Won Golden Globe for Best Actor- Musical and Comedy, Won Critics Choice Award for Best Actor and Critics Choice for Best Actor in a Comedy. Christian Bale plays the role of Vice President Dick Cheney and his transformation is just remarkable, despite us having come to expect such things from the man. He has taken home an Academy Award and his performance isn't the one that will blow the audiences and voters away to persuade them to bestow him with a second Academy Award. The character he plays is controversial and the film has divided the audiences and critics alike.
It is a race between Bale and Malek and it seems as though Malek will take this one and Oscar Winner to his resume.
Quite often along with the best performance the actors decide to award their peer who has been a consistent actor throughout his career and has not quite managed to reach the upper echelons.
The buzz was always around 4 actors, all of whom have been nominated.
The 5th one is Willem Dafoe who plays Vincent Van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate. He isn't going to win.
Viggo Mortensen- Tony Vallelonga (Green Book)
Viggo Mortensen is becoming a consistent name in this cateogry with his nod in years. In a film where his co-actor Mahershala Ali has dominated the supporting actor category it's hard to see Viggo getting any love here. If the precursors are an indicator and they usually are. It's not going to be Viggo's night.
Bradley Cooper - Jackson Maine (A Star is Born)
A Star is Born sees Bradley Cooper nominated as an actor,writer and producer His performance as Jackson Maine made some look at him as a pathetic individual. As that is how we view people with mental disorders don't we. He captures the other side of a performer and we see what they go through when they are off stage. What goes against Cooper is that he has thrown in his hat in multiple categories this year and voters feel that the other one will reward him and they do no need to do so.
It all comes down to these two....
Rami Malek- Freddie Mercury/Farrokh Bulsara (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Has won the Golden Globe for Best Actor- Drama, SAG award for Best Actor and the BAFTA best actor. He plays a very famous character in Freddie Mercury and made audiences think that the legendary Queen band member had risen from the dead to portray himself in this biopic. The recreation of the LiveAid concert was mesmerising and despite allegations of the film being retconned to present a sanitised version of Freddie Mercury and a timeline to create more dramatic effect you cannot take away that amazing performance of Rami Malek. Voters seem to think so as well as apart from the Critics Choice Awards, every other award body has chosen Rami Malek as their Best Actor.
This character fits the bill among Academy voters as a real figure. He is also a popular figure as audiences the world over appreciate his performances as Elliot Alderson in the show Mr. Robot. The fact that this movie is nominated may draw a large number of casual music fans and Tv show fans to the Oscars. A Malek loss would alienate the audiences even further.
Christian Bale- Dick Cheney (Vice)
Won Golden Globe for Best Actor- Musical and Comedy, Won Critics Choice Award for Best Actor and Critics Choice for Best Actor in a Comedy. Christian Bale plays the role of Vice President Dick Cheney and his transformation is just remarkable, despite us having come to expect such things from the man. He has taken home an Academy Award and his performance isn't the one that will blow the audiences and voters away to persuade them to bestow him with a second Academy Award. The character he plays is controversial and the film has divided the audiences and critics alike.
It is a race between Bale and Malek and it seems as though Malek will take this one and Oscar Winner to his resume.
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