r/Oscars • u/GreekKnight3 • 2d ago
Which one would be your tip to get a nomination for their performance?
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u/DreamOfV 2d ago
This seems more like a gimmick than a serious awards player. That being said Mescal is the most talented here (no shade to the others) and Paul McCartney is alive and beloved today, so I’d rank his odds slightly higher than the others.
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u/Solid_Primary 2d ago
I agree with it being gimmicky but I think Barry is just a much better actor altogether
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u/DreamOfV 2d ago
Barry is the close second in my mind. I just haven’t seen him quite hit the emotional depth Mescal gets in Normal People and Aftersun. I also think all four of these guys are talented in their own way
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u/BooleanBarman 2d ago
I quite like both but Keoghan’s performance in banshees was something special (and deeply heartbreaking).
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u/totezhi64 2d ago
For sure. I really love his early role as an antagonist in The Killing of a Sacred Deer too.
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u/RageLolo 1d ago
I find the simplicity and accuracy of “Bird” incredible. A film which has gone a little unnoticed but which remains really interesting. Besides, he clearly steals the show even though he only has a secondary role. And the music from this film, brilliant.
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u/OrneTTeSax 1d ago
Ringo just kind of chilled and went with the flow though. This was clear in the Peter Jackson documentary. Not sure how compelling that role will be.
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u/Turbulent_Cheetah 1d ago
Ringo is a shit role though.
If someone is nominated out of this, it’ll be by playing Paul or John.
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u/Ok_Improvement_6874 1d ago
Most likely, but you could make a great film with George as the lead: resentful younger "brother" trying to catch up to his elders... and finally succeeding only for the band to implode. That's an arc.
You could also lead with Ringo as the fish out of water among the three wizards at the Beatles' School of Wizardry and Witchcraft.
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u/Solid_Primary 1d ago
I don't think anyone is getting nominated for this. I could end up being wrong but I doubt it
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u/Shutupredneckman2 1d ago
🤨 did not think I’d ever see people say Barry keoghan is a great actor let alone better than Paul Mescal
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u/Solid_Primary 1d ago
There's a first time for everything... but yes, I think he's a better actor. Paul is really good in sad boy roles outside of that... he's okay.
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u/GoddessOfOddness 1d ago
Barry is another Daniel Day Lewis. He buries himself in roles and is achingly good. And he likes to play characters with a twist.
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u/GregSays 1d ago
Paul being alive and beloved makes it most likely that his film will be sanitized and dull.
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u/Commercial_Science67 1d ago
Boyhood was gimmicky but that didn’t hurt it from being a serious awards player.
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u/Supercalumrex 2d ago
None just due to the way it's being released as 4 separate movies
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u/Substantial_Okra_648 1d ago
Yeah it’s such an odd approach. Will we not see the other Beatles in each movie, like if the movies about Paul will we only see him and his story? Very confusing tbh
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u/anchordwn 1d ago
No, they’ll all be in each movie. Each of the 4 will just focus on a different one as a main character for the same story
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u/Substantial_Okra_648 1d ago
Oh ok thank you. Still kinda weird tho, like do we need 4 separate movies of the same story juts from different perspectives?
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u/thedelinquents 16h ago
Has a Biopic been done like this before? If not, I'm willing to give it a go. Better Man changed up the biopic by having the CGI monkey head, and that helped set the film apart from other biopics.
Also, I'm not a huge fan of the Beatles, so I don't really care if they mess this one up, so I'm happy to see a risk.
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u/Party-Employment-547 2d ago
Mescal or Dickinson. Playing Paul or John definitely gives you a leg up, just in terms of recognition.
Also, any story about the Beatles begins and ends with those 2. George and Ringo are great and captivating in their own rights, but Paul and John drove the direction of the band, and their conflict was the central conflict of the band.
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u/bailaoban 2d ago
How about this instead: a 10 year hiatus on biopic-related nominations. They are such award bait.
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u/Tehenndewai 2d ago
I really can't remember the last time I enjoyed one. So sick of this every year.
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u/Mastodan11 1d ago
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story should have had more success, but because it was so much more accurate than the others.
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u/flyingbutresses 2d ago
I’m probably going to watch and enjoy this/these films, but I totally agree. A few years ago, I did the math and for all but like 2 years, one of the 4 acting winners was from a biopic. (This did include people I wasn’t really familiar with (think the fighter and the danish girl) vs Lincoln, thatcher, Churchill.)
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u/BatboyCarroll 2d ago
I don't like that these films are coming out simultaneously, I think there should be a few months between each one, maybe even a year.
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u/lemonwhiteclaw 1d ago
I mean...just watch them months in between then
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u/BatboyCarroll 1d ago
Very cool thanks for your input
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u/lemonwhiteclaw 1d ago
Your opinion on what they SHOULD do doesn't actually matter because they are doing it regardless so if that's how you want to view it...then do it. Stop bitching
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u/BatboyCarroll 1d ago
Bro you're bitching about my bitching, we're on Reddit, bitching about pop culture events is a common phenomenon. I didn't comment that to persuade the big film studios, I'm just speaking my personal opinion on the matter. Quit being a grumpy old man and go for a walk, it's getting nicer out anyway.
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u/pobenschain 2d ago
I think Mescal is the best actor of the bunch, but I don’t think any of them are getting nominated
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u/KubrickMoonlanding 2d ago
Keoghan - if he goes full ringo
(Here’s my story: when I was a kid, I liked bright genius Paul best, when I was a youthful rebel, it was John, when I was middle-aged and skilled at what I did but feeling overlooked, George - but now I’m old accepting and comfortable in my life and contributions it’s the true goat: ringo)
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u/GregSays 2d ago
If any, Barry in supporting
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u/thismakesmesaaaaad 1d ago
I assume the four of them are leads, each in their own movie.
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u/OhhhTAINTedCruuuuz 2d ago
I’ll say Quinn because he gets to play the most interesting of them. Plus by then he’ll have been in 3(ish?) marvel movies and a massive star
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u/verca_ 2d ago
Mescal for Best Actor, Keoghan for Supporting
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u/AlanMorlock 2d ago
Mescal for Best Actor in the McCartney film and Best supporting in the Lennon film.
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u/Lance8282 2d ago
Casting person: “Get me 4 people who look nothing like the Beatles! What’s Kevin Hart doing? I’m thinking him for George”
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u/Anxious_bunny02 1d ago
If it does get a nomination it’s probably gonna be for John or Paul and I say that mostly because they are the most well known to come out of the Beatles. That’s not to say the others won’t put on a good performance but my theory is that it’d go to one of those two 🤷🏻♀️
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u/theoriginalelmo 2d ago
I think it’s between Paul Mescal and Harris Dickinson.
Paul McCartney is a more beloved figure, do him well and you could wind up nominated on doing him well enough.
But John Lennon is such a complex and complicated person that the role could be very meaty for any actor
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u/ahoydecoy 1d ago
I’d go Mescal as both the biggest actor and possibly considered the most well known Beatle, or Dickinson if they get around to dealing with Lennon’s death.
My question is could one of them hypothetically be nominated as best actor for leading their film and best supporting actor for playing the same role in another?
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u/Tigas_Al 1d ago
I feel like the film will be so heavily scrutinized that none of them will be nominated for anything.
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u/Dench999or911 10h ago
I think it is wrong to totally write off this idea. Different yes, but I could see it working if done correctly. I reckon they should make it somewhat chronological.
This is how I would pitch it… First film is John, his youth and the start of the Beatles. Second is Paul, the songwriting process and Beatlemania. Third is George, experimenting and fractioning of the group. Fourth is Ringo, his perspective of the group’s final sessions and break up…all that said, I think two conventional films would have done the trick!
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u/coffeysr 2d ago
Truly obsessed with this project. In theory all could be double nominated in Lead and Supporting.
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u/chudsworth 2d ago
Pretty sure none of the Beatles had six packs. What happened to normal looking dudes?
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u/tjo0114 2d ago
Paul & Harris need to switch now. It’s fucking killing me. Harris couldn’t look more like Paul & Paul couldn’t look more like John
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u/haaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh 1d ago
I think we'd need to see their screentest to see if they were well cast, but simply judging from their faces, i couldn't agree more. It's even worse than they chose a picture for Dickinson where he really does Paul's famous "mouth open" look.
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u/Otherwise-Product165 2d ago
I’m kinda over biopics
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u/Prize_Equivalent8934 1d ago
I have no problem with biopics, but they have to be good. I really liked the Ray Charles & Tina Turner biopic. I also liked the Elvis one starring Austin Butler, but I think the other ones I mentioned are better.
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u/reasonarebel 2d ago
I wouldn't know where to begin.. I'm not really that familiar with them to be honest. I had to look them all up on IMDB to see what I would know them from. Nothing really stands out enough to make me say, "That guy~ he's the one!"
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u/heygurl34 2d ago
It honestly depends on what side of the Beatles they will be showing. Hopefully it's the dark side of the breakup etc.
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u/TheLoganDickinson 2d ago
I’m not one who prioritizes actors looking exactly like the real person but man Joseph Quinn isn’t even remotely similar to George Harrison. Maybe if they apply Colin Farrell Penguin levels of prosthetics and makeup on him.
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u/TediousTotoro 2d ago
Now that I think about it, this is the first time an actor could get nominations for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for the same performance.
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u/harringtime 1d ago
Am i crazy or are 3 of these guys miscast? Harris looks more like PM, Paul should be George, Joe should be john
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u/Slowandserious 1d ago
Saw somebody said something like, this casting didn’t capture the phenomena of how young The Beatles were when they blew up.
I think these actors are closer in age when the band broke up.
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u/agentspoookymulder 1d ago
is this movie real?? i thought it was an april fools’ joke
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u/sugarbear5 17h ago
Good point about it being an April fool’s joke. And it’s not just one movie…it’s four. If this isn’t a joke.
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u/Irish-liquorice 19h ago
Academy are complacent so they’ll probably go with previous nominees: Paul and Barry
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u/MarkMoreland 2d ago
These movies haven't even started shooting yet, much less be seen by anyone to start generating buzz. Can we just wait a bit and revisit these when their turn in the awards cycle actually comes up?
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u/nivlazenemij 2d ago
Mescal. Playing Lennon has the most complex story but I don't think Harris Dickinson is as good an actor as Mescal. Or really all the other ones
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u/Cela84 2d ago
Probably Dickinson. The Lennon role is probably the meatiest. Only thing I’ve seen Mescal in was Gladiator 2, and he was utter shit with no screen presence. Ringo doesn’t seem like a role that plays to Barry’s creepiness that critics love. Quinn is the wildcard much like Harrison, depends on if he can play the awards game.
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u/PartyPaul-100 2d ago
As much as I like Joseph Quinn, I definitely do feel like Charlie Rowe should’ve gotten the part, he looks more like George Harrison and sings as well. But I guess we’ll see how he does
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u/PapaJeeb 2d ago
Ringo’s childhood in a tuberculosis sanitarium and falling in love with drumming during that period is a way more interesting story than his famous adulthood and they’d have to cross their fingers we will buy Barry playing like 16 for part of the movie, but I think he has the best story by far and Barry happens to be the best actor here so I would lean toward him.
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u/anchordwn 1d ago
keoghan just played a teenager in bring them down earlier this year and it was cutting it close in believability
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u/TremontRemy 2d ago
I hope no one! Nothing against the actors but I’m so tired of these Oscar bait movies disguised as biopics. If this is really about highlighting the lives of the Beatles members and not about pushing establishing A-list actors to the ranks of bankability, then they should just release the movies either as television films or just exclude them from major acting awards.
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u/OwlLevel8663 2d ago
Is it me or does Harris Dickinson always feel like he is just on the verge of Happening?