The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards 2020 had announced its winners on a star-studded ceremony last Sunday. The biggest surprise of the evening was its final prize, the ‘best performance by a cast in a motion picture’ which is won by ‘Parasite’. This is also a news that I very much enjoyed. ‘Parasite’ becomes the first ever foreign language film to win this coveted prize in the history of SAG.
‘Parasite’ isn’t getting any nomination in the individual acting categories and is only nominated for the cast which is the most coveted prize of the night. It managed to win it, defeating presumed frontrunner, ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ and other strong Oscar contenders in the category. Although winner of this prize isn’t quite tally with the Oscar best picture winner as seen in the past decade, but this win for ‘Parasite’ certainly increases its chance at the Academy Awards early next month.
The other 4 acting categories were boring. It is the same set of people winning at every major precursor awards including SAG. So, there isn’t any surprise there and these 4 people (Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger, Brad Pitt and Laura Dern) can get their Oscar acceptance speech ready by now.
Here below are the full list of winners of the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards in film categories:
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE
Bombshell
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
**Parasite**
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
**Renee Zellweger, Judy**
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
**Joaquin Phoenix, Joker**
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
**Laura Dern, Marriage Story**
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Nicole Kidman, Bombshell
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jamie Foxx, Just Mercy
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
**Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood**
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
**Avengers: Endgame**
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Joker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
So now basically, the fight for the best picture win at the Academy Awards next month is only between ‘1917’ (won Golden Globes best motion picture drama and Producers Guild Award), ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ (won Golden Globes best motion picture musical or comedy and best motion picture in Critics Choice Awards) and ‘Parasite’ (won best cast at Screen Actors Guild Awards). Sorry for the other 6 nominees. You are left way behind.
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