Cate Blanchett is getting raves as a manipulative maestro in Todd Field’s drama. Could she get her third trophy, too? kn8 writes in this week's OscarFutures column
was written specifically for Blanchett, and her imperious performance is already being hyped as a career landmark. As a world-famous conductor who gets caught in a sexual-misconduct scandal, Blanchett is “intense, awful, awe-inspiring, and ridiculous — someone who may very well be great, but who’s also been pickled in her own praise,” says our own. Can the much-lauded actress take home her third Oscar? I think so.
Making it so will require metronomic precision: Focus must manage the crescendo so Blanchett doesn’t peak too early.A million years ago, the role of Marilyn Monroe was supposed to be de Armas’s big awards-season breakout. She throws herself into it body and soul, but a part that looked Oscar-friendly on paper turned out to be anything but., and the film’s Netflix debut was met with scorn from critics and audiences alike.
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