Why doesn’t Netflix move Delroy Lindo down to supporting?

[ThiagoGarcia Joined: Jun 14th, 2013 Topics: 4 Posts: 12 View Predictions]

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Why?
Is it too late? I don’t think so.
Supporting is a mess, and he would win there, unless Judas really premieres in time AND Kaluuya goes supporting. It would also clear the path for Boseman in Lead.

We’ve seen actors whose caracters are borderline lead [but die a little early in the movie] campaign – and win – as supporting (Waltz, Rachel Weiz…).

That would make three Netflix actors frontrunners in their respective categories (Boseman, Davis, and Lindo).

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[Kafka_Gyllenhaal Joined: Nov 13th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 408 View Predictions]

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I think Netflix is a bit too busy with the, what, half a dozen Supporting Actors they have for Chicago 7? They have a lot more people from one movie(!) to choose from that they don’t need to worry about anyone else. And two of those actors (Baron Cohen and Rylance) are pretty high up in the average predictions. I’m not discrediting Lindo’s performance at all, but Netflix knows they can and probably will win Best Supporting Actor with Chicago 7 and have a better shot at Best Actor with Boseman or maybe Oldman.

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[ThiagoGarcia Joined: Jun 14th, 2013 Topics: 4 Posts: 12 View Predictions]

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Kafka_Gyllenhaal wrote:

I think Netflix is a bit too busy with the, what, half a dozen Supporting Actors they have for Chicago 7? They have a lot more people from one movie(!) to choose from that they don’t need to worry about anyone else. And two of those actors (Baron Cohen and Rylance) are pretty high up in the average predictions. I’m not discrediting Lindo’s performance at all, but Netflix knows they can and probably will win Best Supporting Actor with Chicago 7 and have a better shot at Best Actor with Boseman or maybe Oldman.

Chicago 7 has too many actors, D5B would be just him. And performance-wise, Lindo would destroy any of those Chicago actors.

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[gabspss Joined: Sep 10th, 2018 Topics: 146 Posts: 2132 View Predictions]

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I think these posts inciting category fraud should stop. We should be happy Netflix isn’t category frauding their people because of campaign decisions and not complaining about it.

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[Magnus Joined: Jan 20th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 514 View Predictions]

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Wouldn’t be opposed to this if it means he wins.

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[Lil Tony Joined: Sep 17th, 2018 Topics: 3 Posts: 2878 View Predictions]

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He was lead and should remain so. He was incredible, but the industry has decided to build a posthumous hype for Boseman…leaving Lindo in the dust

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[BenitoDelicias Joined: Nov 3rd, 2010 Topics: 0 Posts: 532 View Predictions]

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I think Netflix should be getting ready for Chicago 7 to disappear once the rest of the films premiere. I don’t see that film holding up. Of course we need to wait for precursors, but I wouldn’t be shocked at all if Chicago 7 ends up with just Picture and Screenplay nominations. The days of this film taking over the supporting actor category are over and it’ll hardly get any below the line support.

Netflix should push Lindo in supporting and I think he could win there. And he probably should win too. He was great and has an extensive career working with everybody in the business. For starters, he could easily win SAG once all his movie and TV costars see his name there.

I know there are other contenders and we should wait, but this is a campaign that could run itself all the way up to the Oscar stage. It doesn’t look that hard.

This is VERY J.K Simmons to me. I know Whiplash was much more loved by the Academy than 5 Bloods will ever be, but Simmons would’ve won even if he was the film’s only nomination. It’s basically the same situation.

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[Awardsfan1990 Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 100 Posts: 5088 View Predictions]

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Delroy Lindo doesn’t belong in supporting; he belongs in lead. His jungle monologue scene is clear proof.

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[Monsoon 🌊 Joined: Aug 11th, 2020 Topics: 23 Posts: 2238 View Predictions]

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Film Twitter will cry category fraud. But Lindo deserved to be in Supporting since day one. Netflix could’ve easily sold D5B as an ensemble. 🙄

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[L.B. Joined: Mar 20th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 444 View Predictions]

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He definitely could win there but I’m glad they’re pushing him in lead because he was clearly the lead of the film.

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[Jefty2000 Joined: Sep 27th, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 51 View Predictions]

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Da 5 Bloods is an ensemble, in my book.
Everyone including Lindo is supporting–he’s just the most prominent supporting character in the film.

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[Dan Backslide Joined: Apr 24th, 2016 Topics: 45 Posts: 3250 View Predictions]

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Because everyone says he’s a lead, and leads should be campaigned as leads.

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