Hard to pick a winner here and is likely to be the case until the night, unless Day blows them away.
Hopefully she doesn’t and we have a genuine four, or even five-cornered contest in an acting race. The acting categories have all had worthy winners but when was the last time that more than two were in real contention come Oscar night?
I think you have to go back to 2008 when supporting actress was Swinton, Blanchett, Dee, Ryan and Ronan. All had a chance that night.
I’ll say, for now, that Mulligan is my pick. She’d never win with the Academy on a preferential ballot but there’s going to be a lot of passion and she might only need to jag 30 per cent of the vote to win if McDormand, Davis, Kirby and Day each have a solid support base.
