Adrien Brody collected yet another gong to add to his collection, beating Timothée Chalamet’s performance inA Complete Unknownto win Best Actor at the BAFTAs. Chalamet already had plenty of ground to make up on Brody, whose portrayal of László Tóth inThe Brutalisthas made him the favorite to collect the second Oscar of his career for a leading role.
It was thought that thecontroversy surroundingThe Brutalist’s use of AIto enhance Brody’s performance would have boosted Chalamet’s chances of winning his first Academy Award. However,Brody’s BAFTA win feels decisive in stretching the lead he hasover his nearest Oscars rival to an almost insurmountable gap with the Academy’s polls closing tomorrow evening. The Screen Actors’ Guild Awards will serve as the final indicator as to whether Chalamet can overturn the odds to win his first Oscars statuette, for his acclaimed depiction of Bob Dylan.
Adrien Brody’s BAFTA Win Continued His Near-Perfect Awards Season Form
It Adds To The Golden Globe And Critics' Choice Award He’s Already Won For The Brutalist
Unfortunately for Timothée Chalamet,the awards just keep stacking up in Adrien Brody’s favor. He can add this victory at the BAFTAs to his Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama last month, and his Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor earlier in February. AScreen Actors’ Guild (SAG) award and an Oscarwould effectively complete the entire set of major acting prizes this awards season. The last actor to achieve this feat was Will Smith, who won a clean sweep of these five major awards for his portrayal of Richard Williams inKing Richardback in 2022.
The Brutalist Is The Perfect Companion To Adrien Brody’s 95% Movie That Helped Him Set An Oscars Record
Adrien Brody has received significant praise this awards season for The Brutalist, which is a perfect companion to his previous Oscar-winning film.
It’s worth noting that whenBrody’s performance inThe Pianistas Władysław Szpilman won him his first Oscar back in 2003, he didn’t win any of the other five major acting gongs that season. What’s more, if he did win both the SAG and Academy awards for his portrayal Tóthhe’d become just the third male actor to do so for a leading role that’s not historical, after Daniel Day-Lewis and Joaquin Phoenix. Joining such esteemed company would secure Brody’s position in the pantheon of modern acting greats.
The Brutalist’s AI Controversy Hasn’t Hurt Adrien Brody’s Oscars Chances
He Keeps On Winning, And Has Answered His Detractors Decisively
BAFTA’s recognition ofThe Brutalist’s lead actor demonstrates that thecontroversy surrounding the film’s use of AI hasn’t harmed Brody’s chances of winninghis second Oscar. The BAFTAs were the most significant test the movie had faced in relation to this controversy since it broke in the second half of January, following an interview that the film’s editor Dávid Jancsó gave toRedShark.
It seems that the groundswell of Brody’s fellow actors and filmmakers have decided to focus on other aspects of his extraordinary performance.
Jancsó’s admission thatThe Brutalist’s production included elements of AI angered the acting community in particular, given that restrictions on the use of AI was one of the key demands raised by theSAG in their 2023 strikeaction. Brody’s role as Tóth in particular was subject to this backlash, since AI was used to enhance the actor’s accent in parts of the movie where he speaks Hungarian.
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Some viewhis complicity in the use of this technologyas a betrayal of the SAG strikes, while others have argued that the AI enhancements to his performance give him an unfair advantage over other actors nominated for awards.Brody himself had an eloquent response to these accusations about AI inThe Brutalistat the start of February. In the end, it seems that the groundswell of Brody’s fellow actors and filmmakers have decided to focus on other aspects of his extraordinary performance instead. He’s receiving the recognition he’s due regardless of where voters stand on the use of AI in cinema.
Can Timothée Chalamet Still Win Best Actor At The Oscars 2025?
He’ll Need To Win The SAG Award For Best Actor To Stand A Chance
It’d be easy to write offTimothée Chalamet’s hopes of winning the 2025 Best Actor Oscarat this point, given how dominant Adrien Brody has been throughout this awards season. But it’s important to remember that in 2003 Brody himself beat the odds, as well as the BAFTA and Golden Globes winners that year, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jack Nicholson, to win his first Academy Awards. Chalamet isn’t out of the running yet. TheScreen Actors’ Guild Awards next Sunday will provide a more accurate indicationof which way the Oscars polls have swung.
In that respect, Chalamet is actually at an advantage. He and his castmates fromA Complete Unknowndominate the SAG nominations, appearing in four categories including as a collective nominee for Outstanding Cast. Brody is the sole representative ofThe Brutalist, meanwhile, as he goes head-to-head with Chalamet for the final time. If Brody wins the SAG award, however, he may as well open a fresh tub of Oscar polish in preparation for this award season’s biggest prize.
A Complete Unknown
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A Complete Unknown is a biographical movie that follows a young Bob Dylan as he integrates with New York and catches the eye of the folk singers in the area, eventually propelling him into stardom.
