But from time to time, that frontrunner doesn’t win.
This was a proper surprise.
That’s no SAG nod, no Golden Globe nod, no BAFTA nod, no Critics Choice nod.
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The Best Supporting Actor Oscar was pretty much in Murphy’s bag for most of the season.
That’s SAG, the Golden Globes, and Critics Choice, to name just a few.
Then,Olivia ColmanfromThe Favouritecame in with just a BAFTA win and pulled one major upset.
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Sadly, he did not but his legacy lives on nevertheless.
However, his frontrunner status in 1969 wasn’t super strong.
Of these four films, Garland’s performance is perhaps the strongest and most memorable.
Going into Oscars night, however,Gladstone had more precursor momentum and much more industry and public buzz.
As such, even Emma Stone herself was visibly surprised when she won the Oscar and not Gladstone.
Either way, both are among the greatest performances of the 2020s thus far.
However, his competition wasArt CarneyforHarry & Tonto.
It would have been very, very well deserved.
It literally revolutionized Hollywood acting, bringing method acting into the mainstream in the industry.
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