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Scartlett Johansson forJojo RabbitandMarriage Story
Celeste Sloman
Despite starring in some Oscar-winning films over the course of her career, Scartlett Johansson, 34, has never been nominated herself. That’s likely to change next year due to her acclaimed lead performance inMarriage Storyand supporting work inJojo Rabbit, both of which screened at TIFF.
Jojo Rabbitwon the festival’s Audience Award, which in past years has gone to eventual Best Picture winners, includingGreen BookandSlumdog Millionaire.
02of 07Taika Waititi forJojo RabbitCeleste SlomanTaika Waititi, 44, who’s hard at work on his second Thor movie,Thor: Love and Thunder, left TIFF a surefire Oscar contender for writing and directing the Audience Award winnerJojo Rabbit.
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Taika Waititi forJojo Rabbit
Taika Waititi, 44, who’s hard at work on his second Thor movie,Thor: Love and Thunder, left TIFF a surefire Oscar contender for writing and directing the Audience Award winnerJojo Rabbit.
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“You know that expression ‘turn lemons into lemonade’?,” Murphy describes of his character. “Rudy turned sh– into lemonade.”
04of 07Renée Zellwegger forJudyCeleste SlomanRenée Zellwegerisearning career-best noticesand generating Oscar buzz for going over the rainbow asJudy GarlandinJudy.But just how did she manage to inhabit one of the most legendary entertainers of all time — without letting the weight of that get her down? By mostly ignoring that aspect of Garland’s life, Zellweger, 50, says.“I tried not to think too much about the obvious, which is how adored Judy is and has been through generations, and how she’s an icon for the ages,” Zellweger says. “I tried to take that off the table and look at it as an exploration of trying to understand the human experience on the other side of that stardom. I think otherwise I would’ve just run away.”She’s picture above with costar Finn Wittrock,who portrays Garland’s fifth husband, Mickey Deans.
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Renée Zellwegger forJudy
Renée Zellwegerisearning career-best noticesand generating Oscar buzz for going over the rainbow asJudy GarlandinJudy.
But just how did she manage to inhabit one of the most legendary entertainers of all time — without letting the weight of that get her down? By mostly ignoring that aspect of Garland’s life, Zellweger, 50, says.
“I tried not to think too much about the obvious, which is how adored Judy is and has been through generations, and how she’s an icon for the ages,” Zellweger says. “I tried to take that off the table and look at it as an exploration of trying to understand the human experience on the other side of that stardom. I think otherwise I would’ve just run away.”
She’s picture above with costar Finn Wittrock,who portrays Garland’s fifth husband, Mickey Deans.
05of 07Antonio Banderas forPain & GloryCeleste SlomanOscar buzz for Antonio Banderas began building in May at the Cannes Film Festival, where he collected the Best Actor prize for his work in friend Pedro Almodóvar’s new drama,Pain & Glory.The acclaim has only intensified since its Toronto premiere.Pain & Gloryis autobiographical for the Spanish filmmaker. Banderas, 59, who made his film debut in an Almodóvar film over 30 years ago, said he recognized things from their past in the script, and also learned things about the man who helped launch his career. The actor calls the film Almodóvar’s “confession.” There’s even one scene in the movie that Banderas took, in good humor, as an apology from the director to him.“An emotional charge was around the set all the time,” Banderas says.
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Antonio Banderas forPain & Glory
Oscar buzz for Antonio Banderas began building in May at the Cannes Film Festival, where he collected the Best Actor prize for his work in friend Pedro Almodóvar’s new drama,Pain & Glory.The acclaim has only intensified since its Toronto premiere.
Pain & Gloryis autobiographical for the Spanish filmmaker. Banderas, 59, who made his film debut in an Almodóvar film over 30 years ago, said he recognized things from their past in the script, and also learned things about the man who helped launch his career. The actor calls the film Almodóvar’s “confession.” There’s even one scene in the movie that Banderas took, in good humor, as an apology from the director to him.
“An emotional charge was around the set all the time,” Banderas says.
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Ford v Ferrari
Tracy Letts, Noah Jupe, Caitriona Balfe, Josh Lucas, Matt Damon, James Mangold, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal ofFord v Ferrari.Celeste Sloman
Oscar winners Matt Damon, 48, and Christian Bale, 45, team up forFord v Ferrari, a race car drama that’s racing into awards season as a major contender.
07of 07Cynthia Erivo forHarrietCeleste SlomanTony winner Cynthia Erivo, 32, might soon be adding Academy Award nominee to her accolades.She stars as Harriet Tubman in the biopicHarriet, which centers on the abolitionist who led scores of enslaved people to freedom on America’s Underground Railroad throughout the late 1800s.Erivo says she focused on fusing the softness of Tubman’s personal life with the survivor spirit the real-life hero is known for.“More than anything, we wanted to show the woman, so we looked into her family, her life, and her love," she says.
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Cynthia Erivo forHarriet
Tony winner Cynthia Erivo, 32, might soon be adding Academy Award nominee to her accolades.
She stars as Harriet Tubman in the biopicHarriet, which centers on the abolitionist who led scores of enslaved people to freedom on America’s Underground Railroad throughout the late 1800s.
Erivo says she focused on fusing the softness of Tubman’s personal life with the survivor spirit the real-life hero is known for.
“More than anything, we wanted to show the woman, so we looked into her family, her life, and her love," she says.
source: people.com
