Days after a surprise-filled Golden Globe Awards, this year’s Oscar race is coming more clearly into view.
The announcement Wednesday of this year’s Screen Actors Guild award nominees revealed a number of notable snubs, including presumed heavyweights “The Brutalist,” “Sing Sing,” and “Nickel Boys” in the category for best cast (the group’s equivalent of best picture). Selena Gomez (“Emilia Pérez”), Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”), Jesse Eisenberg (“A Real Pain”), Natasha Lyonne (“His Three Daughters”), Denzel Washington (“Gladiator II”), Elle Fanning (“A Complete Unknown”) and Tilda Swinton (“The Room Next Door”) were also overlooked, despite earning nods from critics’ groups and other industry awards throughout the season.
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SAG nominees were announced with muted fanfare via a news release after the guild cancelled a live announcement amid the raging Los Angeles wildfires.
Here are more of the big names that didn’t receive an invite to this year’s ceremony, which will stream live Feb. 23 on Netflix (8 p.m. ET/5 PT).
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Angelina Jolie
The graceful megastar has dutifully campaigned for her Maria Callas biopic “Maria,” despite little passion for the film itself from critics. After being snubbed by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts last week in the first round of BAFTA voting, Jolie’s Oscar chances took another hit with SAG’s omission on Wednesday.
Zendaya
The young Hollywood superstar brings grit and vulnerability to “Challengers,” Luca Guadagnino’s steamy tennis drama. The “Euphoria” actress has been aces in Q&As and actors’ roundtables this awards season, but sadly went unnoticed by SAG after her head-turning Golden Globes appearance.
Nicole Kidman
For our money, Kidman delivers a career-best performance in “Babygirl,” playing a high-strung CEO unleashing her kinky side. But the erotic drama has polarized audiences and didn’t exactly light up the Christmas box office, either, and the 17-time SAG nominee was ultimately passed over this year.
Sebastian Stan
The Marvel star won a well-deserved best comedy actor trophy at Sunday’s Globes for “A Different Man,” dovetailing with his nomination for best drama actor for Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice.” So it’s strange, then, that he was completely shut out at SAG. Is a Trump film too noxious for most actors? Or did both movies simply split votes? We’re guessing some combo of both.
‘The Brutalist’
“The Brutalist,” a 3½ hour labor of love about a post-war designer and his American journey, won big at the Globes, nabbing not only best drama but also best actor for star Adrien Brody and best director for Brady Corbet. But only Brody earned a nomination from SAG: The cast was shut out of best ensemble, as were Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones in supporting actor and actress categories (both were nominated at the Globes).
Selena Gomez
“Emilia Pérez” had a big morning, landing three nominations: best ensemble, plus best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón and supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña, who won a Globe for her performance. But Gomez was overlooked after being nominated at Globes.
Hugh Grant
The
curmudgeonly British heartthrob
has become a shockingly formidable awards contender this season for “Heretic,” playing a reclusive chatterbox who holds Mormon missionaries captive in his basement. But the horror thriller’s outlandish second hour may have alienated SAG voters, who skipped over Grant despite Golden Globe and Critics Choice nods.
Stanley Tucci
“Conclave” has been
an unlikely viral sensation and awards favorite, picking up nominations for Ralph Fiennes at every turn. Tucci was seemingly along for the ride in his role as a liberal cardinal, but missed at SAG for the soapy papal melodrama.
Glen Powell
The “Hit Man” star has pummeled us with charm for the last nine months, carting his parents and pooch to every conceivable stop on the promotional trail. Powell scooped up a best actor Globe nod for the stranger-than-fiction crime caper, but his luck ran out when SAG nominations rolled around.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
We’ve been banging the drum all season long for Jean-Baptiste, who is equal parts hilarious and devastating in Mike Leigh’s character study “Hard Truths.” The British veteran has been a hit with critics – winning best actress prizes from New York and Los Angeles groups – but her film has otherwise struggled to gain eyeballs ahead of its Jan. 10 release in theaters.
Fernanda Torres
The Brazilian icon surprised at this year’s Golden Globes, where she bested A-listers Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet and Nicole Kidman for the best drama actress prize for “I’m Still Here.” Sadly, her stirring work has gone unseen by stateside audiences – the film’s limited release is Jan. 17 – and she was blanked in Wednesday’s SAG nominations.
Clarence Maclin and ‘Sing Sing’
Kieran Culkin has been steamrolling awards season with his flashy turn in dramedy “A Real Pain.” We thought Maclin might be able to overtake him with his naturalistic work in “Sing Sing,” but after snubs from SAG and the Golden Globes, the first-time movie actor may be out of the supporting actor race. The movie missed out on best ensemble as well, receiving just one nod for Colman Domingo in best actor.
Kate Winslet
War movie “Lee” came and went in theaters last fall, but that hasn’t stopped Winslet from tirelessly campaigning for her passion project. Her appearance in the Globe nominations and on BAFTA’s long list made some pundits think she could pull an Andrea Riseborough, who netted a shocking Oscar nod for the similarly underseen “To Leslie.” Alas, Winslet’s name was missing from this year’s SAG nominations.
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
We get it. “Nickel Boys” is a tough film to market, with its disturbing subject matter and unorthodox point of view (shot almost entirely from a first-person perspective). Still, Amazon MGM Studios has dropped the ball on getting the drama in front of audiences. After her unjust snub for last year’s “Origin,” Ellis-Taylor was once again passed over for her poignant work here.
Kingsley Ben-Adir
In a year of lousy music biopics, “Bob Marley: One Love” wasn’t actually half-bad. Paramount tried to remount an Oscar campaign for Ben-Adir as the reggae icon, but the film has been all but forgotten by most voters since last February’s release.
Felicity Jones
The British actress stars in one of this season’s biggest awards heavyweights, “The Brutalist,” and her co-star Adrien Brody earned a SAG nom for best actor. But Jones only appears in the less-liked second half of the 3½-hour drama, which may have contributed to her snub here.
‘September 5′
The nail-biting thriller has been well-liked by critics since its premiere at Venice Film Festival, recounting the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre from a journalists’ perspective. But the movie’s release has been botched with an endless rollout in theaters, and the ensemble drama has struggled to cut through the noise with most awards bodies, including SAG.
‘Saturday Night’
On paper, Jason Reitman’s latest should be Oscar catnip, with its zippy behind-the-scenes look at “Saturday Night Live,” featuring a game cast of rising Hollywood stars including Gabriel LaBelle, Cooper Hoffman and Rachel Sennott. Despite a hyperbolic festival reception, the comedy quickly fizzled after bombing at the box office and underperforming in precursor awards.
Contributing: Marco della Cava and Kim Willis
