SAG Awards Film Analysis: With ‘Belfast’, ‘King Richard’, ‘CODA’, And ‘Gucci’ The Actors Are In A Family Way This Year
deadline.comIt was a mixed bag of good and bad news for many films in this morning’s announcement of nominations for the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, and as the first major guild to weigh in on this year’s race what the nominating committee of randomly chosen SAG/AFTRA members said takes on real import as the guild has an excellent track record of reflecting where Oscar nominations might also be headed.That said MGM’s House Of Gucci’s strong showing might surprise pundits with an excellent score of a co-leading three nominations including the all-important Outstanding Cast, which is SAG’s version of Best Picture.
It also grabbed Lead Actress for Lady Gaga and Supporting Actor for Jared Leto. It is the only one of the Cast nominees to make a solid showing across the board.
The other co-leader in terms of nominations with three was Netflix’s The Power Of The Dog which was surprisingly snubbed in the Cast category but still took impressive single nods for Lead Actor Benedict Cumberbatch and Supporting mentions for both Kodi Smit-McPhee and Kirsten Dunst.Let’s look at what SAG giveth and then taketh away with the four other Cast nominees.
Netflix has reason to cheer for the Cast nomination for its hit Don’t Look Up which like Gucci benefits from having an all-star ensemble, often a plus among voting actors.
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