She is def one of the most recognized, but she won everything for TAR. EVERYTHING. Minus that little loss at the SAG awards, and then you started to realize the industry just couldn’t handle letting the opportunity to reward a minority actress slip through their ballots. No matter what the stakes. No matter how acclaimed the work was. And I mean, Everything Everywhere All at Once steamrolled through not just Blanchett, but stole Banshee’s screenplay award too. The Daniels were already winning Director- did the academy have to throw them the writing honors too? Just to make a statement??
Cate’s loss is heartbreaking. All the work she did, all the interviews, and press conferences, and practice it took to play that part. To exceed her own expectations – only to have it taken away. It was like the folks who lost Enron stock. Such a sure thing, a safe bet- but it all turned out to be a scam. To be thatclose and to have it snatched because “We have to make sure history is made tonight honey. That’s why Halle Berry is presenting. You understand don’t you dear?” I certainly wouldn’t.
Sorry If I’m coming off rude and blunt, but I’m just stating what many others are certainly feeling. This hurts almost as much as Blanchett losing the Oscar to Gwyneth Paltrow. That was even more embarrassing than tonight.
And after that Instagram nonsense, I certainly wouldn’t blame Cate if she simply withdrew her name from future competitions. What’s the point? Like Beyonce’s loss for Renaissance (which was REALLY wrong; the Grammys are dead in my book), If Cate can’t win for playing someone as versed and complicated as Lydia Tar, for learning how to speak German, conduct an orchestra and play piano for the role- she’ll never win again. Voters seem done with her.
So actors only make films for awards? Her work in TAR was all for nothing because she didn’t win a shiny gold man? Jesus Christ, enough with the drama.
