Here’s the plot: A popular 56-year-old actor threatens the voting body behind the film industry’s most esteemed awards to retire if they fail to get the nominations he wants. While it may sound like an A24 black comedy waiting to happen, it’s actually Josh Brolin’s reality as he threatens to leave director Denis Villeneuve without an Oscar nomination Act again. Dune: Part 2.
talk with type, Brolin, who plays the gritty soldier and loyal mentor Gurney Halleck, sees no logical reason for Villeneuve’s 166-minute epic sequel to be released in 2021 dune Shouldn’t have earned him some Oscar nominations. He believed in it so much that he was willing to risk his career on it. “If he doesn’t get nominated this year, I’m going to quit acting,” Brolin said. “It’s a better movie than the first one. When I saw it, my brain was blown. It’s so masterful and Dennis is one of our masters.
In Brolin’s mind, not only was his career in jeopardy, but the integrity of the Academy Awards was also at stake. “If the Academy Awards meant anything, they would recognize him,” Brolin said. While Brolin’s Oscar stakes are higher at the moment, his performance is much more subdued than what he delivered in the film a few years ago when Villeneuve failed to score his first directing nomination. dunealthough the film received a ten-place finish. In that video, posted to his Personal Instagram pageBrolin nearly called the entire award stupid.
“I don’t know how you get 10 nominations, and then the guy who did the impossible with that book doesn’t get one. It makes you realize how great it all is, and then it’s completely stupid.
This year’s Oscar nominations will be announced on January 17. arms and running manand is likely to appear in the third dune Movie. So, either the academy gets it right, or we riot.
