I remember Smash Hits magazine making an enormous fuss when it came out and printing lots of stills, mainly of the aforementioned sex grimace. Luckily it’s one of those films where that doesn’t matter. HBB – I remember only having a nebulous idea of the preceding plot at that point, which suggests I have never actually seen the whole film. VIP – What made you decide to watch it, first time round? I remember watching it for about ten seconds, seeing Willem Dafoe’s sex grimace, and ‘nope’-ing the TV off. Actually the second thing is a lie – I absolutely remember this film because of the candle scene. Or why anyone spent even a fraction of their respective lives making this film. HardBoiledBunny – I really don’t know why I chose this film. All of them, however, are worthy examples of how the movies convert life stories into art.Vanilla Ice Pick – Tell me why you chose this utter bollocks of a film. Some of the 25 Oscar-winning roles below are uncanny imitations, and some are complete stem-to-stern reinventions. Grant, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Sam Rockwell are also nominated in the lead and supporting categories this year for playing versions of real folks.Įver since George Arliss scored a statuette for his turn as British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli in the 1929 biopic Disraeli, the Academy has been infatuated with how well actors and actors can pretend to be someone who actually lived. Olivia Colman, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Adams, Mahershala Ali, Adam Driver, Richard E. But even if the young actor doesn’t win, he could end up losing to Christian Bale playing Dick Cheney in Vice or Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh in At Eternity’s Gate or Viggo Mortensen as bouncer Tony “Lip” Vallelonga in Green Book.Īnd that’s just the Best Actor category. If Rami Malek ends up fulfilling the predictions of awards-season pundits and takes home the Oscar for playing Queen frontman Eddie Redmayne in Bohemian Rhapsody, he’ll be part of the long Academy tradition of honoring people for portraying historical or cultural figures.
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