It’s uncommon for Kieran Culkin to be nominated for an award and lose. Nonetheless, that wasn’t the case on the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, because the actor clinched the Greatest Supporting Actor in a Function Movie prize for his efficiency in A Actual Ache.
Culkin portrays Benji, a charismatic, wayward Jewish man on a Holocaust tour in Poland together with his cousin within the movie. The latter character is performed by Jesse Eisenberg, who additionally wrote and directed the movie.
Culkin started his acceptance speech by shouting out fellow actor Mario Lopez, who began younger within the business. “My spouse and I did a shot of tequila with Mario Lopez,” the actor mentioned, quipping, “Positively feeling that! Entire speech is gone.”
This marked Culkin’s second consecutive Globe win, having taken house the prize final yr for Greatest Actor in a TV Drama for the ultimate season of Succession, the place he beat his co-star Jeremy Robust, who was nominated this yr alongside him for his efficiency in The Apprentice.
Culkin’s efficiency in A Actual Ache, his first movie position since 2021’s No Sudden Transfer, has propelled him to the forefront of this yr’s Oscar race, with nominations from the Gotham Awards, Critics’ Alternative Awards, and the Unbiased Spirit Awards. He has already gained Supporting Actor recognitions from the Nationwide Board of Assessment, the New York Movie Critics Circle, and the Los Angeles Movie Critics Affiliation, amongst a number of different critics teams.
In his speech, Culkin praised Eisenberg and inspired everybody within the Beverly Hilton Ballroom to leap on the probability to work with him, given his performing and directing prowess.
Moreover Culkin and Robust, Yura Borisov (Anora), Edward Norton (A Full Unknown), Man Pearce (The Brutalist), and Denzel Washington (Gladiator II) have been nominated for Greatest Supporting Actor in a Movement Image.
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