Overview
- Chalamet is nominated for Best Actor for A24’s Marty Supreme, a high-profile awards-season title directed by Josh Safdie.
- After early wins at the Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice, he lost key precursors, including BAFTA to Robert Aramayo and the Actor Awards to Michael B. Jordan.
- A Variety/CNN town hall clip in which he dismissed ballet and opera triggered public rebuttals from major institutions such as the Royal Opera House and the Metropolitan Opera, along with criticism from artists including Whoopi Goldberg and Gustavo Dudamel.
- Anonymous sample ballots circulated after voting closed suggested several Academy voters favored Michael B. Jordan, Leonardo DiCaprio or Ethan Hawke over Chalamet.
- Unverified allegations concerning director Josh Safdie have shadowed the film’s campaign, and the Academy says it has heightened ceremony security in coordination with the FBI and LAPD following a threat warning related to tensions involving Iran.