The State of the Supporting Races
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As Sarah just mentioned in her posts about the BAFTAs, while One Battle After Another and Jessie Buckley are the clearly heavyweight favourites in the best picture and best actress races, the three other acting categories are much more unpredictable at this point where Oscar is concerned. Robert Aramayo’s BAFTA win over Timmy Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Michael B Jordan doesn’t tell us much about who the Academy will break for, which makes next week’s SAG Awards that much more interesting. And then in the supporting categories, the leads keep changing positions.
Sean Penn did not attend the BAFTAs last night but he was the BAFTA choice for supporting actor, considered by some to be a surprise. Up to this point, Stellan Skarsgård and Jacob Elordi had taken the two most high-profile awards for this category. Stellan isn’t nominated at the SAGs though, but we already know that the Oscar Academy is high on Sentimental Value, so while the SAGs will tell us something, it might not tell us all the things – especially if Benicio del Toro or Miles Caton win, because if it’s either one of them does, it really is wide open…
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