Jon Bernthal – King Richard (Warner Bros).Ben Affleck – The Last Duel (20th Century Studios).Christopher Abbott – The Forgiven (Searchlight Pictures).So at this point, category placement of several contenders here could be up in the air. Hey, they literally just did that this year by nominated both Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield from Judas and the Black Messiah in this category, where Kaluuya won. Russell aka Canterbury Glass) voters may have a hard time making up their minds and gravitate towards films and performances with larger supporting roles that border on co-leads. Not unusual, but with so many films this year with very large and very starry ensembles ( Don’t Look Up, The French Dispatch, the Untitled David O. This year, we have well-established Oscar winners and nominees going up against those aiming for their first nominations. Although her work in Take Shelter and The Tree of Life were more lauded, awards bodies zeroed in on the blockbuster hit The Help and that earned the actress her first Oscar nomination. Jessica Chastain in 2011, for example, has Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter and The Tree of Life. Sometimes, a performer can have two, three, even four roles in a single year but very quickly voting bodies coalesce around one, often the one in the bigger film, to push. Several actors, from Jon Bernthal, Adam Driver, Richard Jenkins, Corey Hawkins, Rob Morgan to Willem Dafoe, all have more than one high profile film and will need one performance to stand out and get noticed above the rest. As I mentioned in my Best Actor predictions, the coronavirus bumping tons of 2020 releases to 2021 has presented itself with an overabundance for a few actors that will have two or more supporting roles competing against each other for votes come awards time.
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