31 Days Until Oscar
Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 5:45PM Today's magic number is 31. Can you believe it took Christian Bale 31 movies to win Oscar's love?
He debuted in the Steven Spielberg film Empire of the Sun (1987) which was nominated for six Oscars so they knew of him straight from the get-go. But nothing seemed to do it -- not literary adaptations (Little Women, The Portrait of a Lady), neither relationship dramas (Metroland, Laurel Canyon), nor glam rock epics (Velvet Goldmine). Of course it didn't happen for superheroes or serial killers (Batman, American Psycho) but even war dramas (Empire of the Sun, Rescue Dawn) didn't do it. And then suddenly The Fighter (2010) did. He crushed his competition on the way to a win.
Sometimes not being nominated but being routinely excellent is a good way to build crazy momentum for a win. Which working actor do you think is heading straight to an Oscar win as soon as they're finally nominated?
Reader Comments (56)
Phillip -- thank you. I appreciate it. I do try.
Ellsworth -- i think it means exactly as you suggest. which is sad.
Anonny -- that's exactly the question i asked yes. it's not who's most deserving or who is most overdue but "who is most likely to win the very first time they're nominated" (because of their careers)
I think males wind up in this category more than females as the Academy tends to nominate young women but rarely young men.
Danny Glover
Colin Farrell
Steve Buscemi
If he is ever healthy enough, Tim Curry.
Gary Oldman would be an obvious choice this year for career honours to go along with his Churchill performance which also includes the way overdue John Hurt and Kristin Scott Thomas,I see it as next year's British Oscar Player
Chris Pine
Sean Bean
Peter Dinklage
Rufus Sewell
Mary Elizabeth Winstead - should've/could've happened for her with Smashed.
But she's still young. It'll happen some day, I'm sure.
Rebecca Hall.
Anya Taylor-Joy - she's very young still,
but I could see it happen pretty soon actually.
I'll add on Kyle Chandler.