Can Adrien Brody Win a Second Oscar or Is It Ralph Fiennes' Year? — 'For Your Consideration'

On an all-new episode of For Your Consideration — Hollywood’s #1 awards-themed talk show — Scott Mantz, Perri Nemiroff and Jeff Sneider discuss the Best Actor race.

Right now, we all agree that three actors are likely to be nominated — Ralph Fiennes, Colman Domingo, and Adrien Brody, who already won this award for 2002’s The Pianist. It’s unclear whether Brody’s past win will hurt his candidacy this year, as Fiennes has the overdue narrative going for him.

From there, you’ve got two of Hollywood’s brightest young stars — Timothee Chalamet and Paul Mescal, who star in the Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown and Gladiator II, respectively. The town wants these guys to succeed, though both actors face high expectations.

Glen Powell is another rising movie star Hollywood is betting big on, and he charmed the pants off of audiences (and Adria Arjona) in Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, which seems like a shoo-in for some Golden Globes love this season (shudder).

There’s also Road to Perdition duo Tom Hanks and Daniel Craig, who star in Here and Queer, respectively. And while Denzel Washington is in the awards mix this year, he’ll be duking it out in the supporting category for his juicy turn in Gladiator II, so he won’t have to mix it up with the big boys. His son, John David Washington, will though, as he stars in Netflix’s contender The Piano Lesson.

Don’t forget Nicholas Hoult, who plays the conflicted title character in Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2, or Ghostlight star Keith Kupferer, who has earned rave reviews for his performance in the acclaimed indie drama.

Finally, there’s Sebastian Stan, whose Donald Trump movie The Apprentice is now playing in theaters. It’s the best movie I’ve seen all year — real outsider art made and released by outsiders — and I think Stan belongs in the conversation.

Whether Academy voters are willing to support anything Trump-related could prove tricky for awards strategists, but if anyone knows how to pull off an upset, it’s Tom Ortenberg, whose Briarcliff Entertainment is releasing The Apprentice.

As of now, our CURRENT PREDICTIONS include Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Timothee Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), and Paul Mescal (Gladiator II).

We have ambitious plans for FYC this season, as we’d like to incorporate some interviews into the show, and possibly host some roundtables as well. So if you represent crafts contenders in the below-the-line categories, or you represent documentaries, animated movies, or international features, please reach out, as we’d love to work with you, and our advertising rates are a bargain considering our collective reach across social media.

I’ll also be emailing each episode of FYC directly to actual awards voters (sans paywall).

For Your Consideration will now be taped on a weekly basis as awards season ramps up, so thank you for watching, and feel free to leave a comment on Perri’s YouTube channel, as we welcome constructive feedback from all FYC fans. I may even feature select comments in this newsletter — especially if they’re from the Hollywood community, which is also welcome to email me.

Watch the latest episode above, and until next time — when we discuss the Best Actor race — we'll FYC-ya later!

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