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This HAS to be the one of the most strongly contested contested categories of the Oscars this year!
Oscars 2016 will be the event that will be known in the future as the year when Leonardo DiCaprio finally gets it! Or how the Academy award jury declares its love for the colour ‘white’!
While The Best Actor category looks too biased towards Leo boy, it’s the other categories that are tightly contested, especially the Supporting Actor/Actress categories! Starting from today, we will be doing features on each of the main categories of the Oscars ceremony, like the acting and the film directing honours, and how we rank them! For this feature we will only consider the nominations for the Best Supporting Actor, starting from what we think should be the least eligible to win the award, to who is the most deserving to win the award (Again, this is what we feel, and not who will get it!). Of course Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation), Samuel L Jackson (The Hateful Eight), Steve Carell (The Big Short) etc. are missing, yet, this is a strongly fought contest. Once again, we would like to reiterate that all the actors in this category have performed terrifically, and if we still have to rate them, it’s just because they rank slightly less than others!
Starting from the least…
Tom Hardy in The Revenant
Why he should get it
Having seen The Revenant, I can sure say I was more impressed with Tom Hardy than with Leonardo DiCaprio. Not that Leo wasn’t brilliant, but Tom Hardy outshines him easily, be it with his mannerisms, his menacing stares and his body language!
Why he won’t
His role is easily overshadowed by Leo’s Oscar appeal. Also, his accent is not so easy to discern!
Christian Bale in The Big Short
Why he should get it
The man is literally a chameleon! Be it any role, drama or comedy, he can easily slip into the skin of the character! The man was fantastic as the eccentric fund manager who is the reason behind the whole scam shown in the film.
Why he won’t
Bar for the rare exception of awarding Marisa Tomei in the brilliant My Cousin Vinny, the jury rarely favours light performances!
Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight
Why he should get it
As the hotheaded journalist uncovering the dangerous scoop of child abuse by priests, Mark Ruffalo is terrific! Watch out for the outgurst scene, where we actually expected the Hulk to jump out of him!
Why he won’t
The jury is actually favouring the film more for its script than the acting honours (That’s why Michael Keaton missed out here!). Also Mark’s performance falls a tad lower than the next two nominees!
Sylvester Stallone in Creed
Why he should get it
This is Sylvester’s most nuanced performance till date, and the actor absolutely nails it as the once eponymous hero, now handling the baton to the younger protege. Another factor that works for him is that his performance was more audience friendly and has more fans…
Why he won’t
The jury sometimes favour popular choices, and sometimes they don’t, so we are not sure in which mood they will be now. Also, there is that Steven Spielberg factor, that we will discuss in the next section!
Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies
Why he should get it
The Steven Spielberg factor. Rarely has a time come, when a Steven Spielberg film once nominated in the Oscars, has gone empty handed (except for The Colour Purple fiasco, when it got 11 nominations but won none!). This year, the best chance for Bridge of Spies to snag an award is for Mark Rylance’s nuanced and controlled performance as the Soviet Spy caught by the CIA during the Cold War!
Why he won’t
It’s either him or Sly, depending on which mood the jury is is! Also, the length of his role isn’t much…but then neither was Dame Judi Dench’s in Shakespeare in Love (just a bit more than 8 minutes), and yet she got Best Supporting Actress for the film!
So what do you think? Agree with our ranking!
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