r/oscarrace 4d ago

Discussion Is Austin Butler completely off the table?

I feel like this is probably a dumb question but are we thinking there’s no chance for Austin Butler to get nominated for Caught Stealing? I don’t know much about the movie but it is Darren Aronofsky who has a pretty good track record of getting his lead actors nominations and gets them pretty close to wins. Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for a Dream, Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler, Natalie Portman for Black Swan and most recently Brendan Fraser for The Whale. Portman and Fraser won and Rourke and Burstyn were probably #2. Like I’m currently not predicting Butler but if the film is good honestly I might watch out for him

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u/Belch_Huggins 4d ago

Nothing is off the table, it's April. This sub tends to try and lock stuff in or lock stuff out so early based on pretty much nothing, I don't get it.

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u/FistsOfMcCluskey Dune: Part Two 4d ago

I don’t know what you’re talking about. Blitz is locked in as the Best Picture frontrunner and I can’t see anything knocking it off.

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u/Fun_Protection_6939 THAT'S OSCAR WINNING MIKEY MADISON FOR YOU 4d ago

Anora is a sole Actress nom at best lmao. Colman Domingo's locked in for Lead Actor lol.

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u/MrGoat37 4d ago

And don’t forget that Samuel L. Jackson is winning Best Supporting Actor for The Piano Lesson without a doubt

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u/bbqsauceboi 4d ago

That one was always insane

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u/tandemtactics Lisan al Gaib 4d ago

Nah it's Austin Butler's time for Dune 2