Timothée Chalamet Openly Shares Disappointment Over Oscar Loss
Timothée Chalamet, 29, openly expressed his disappointment at not winning the Best Actor Oscar this year. He was nominated for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown but lost to Adrien Brody for The Brutalist.
Previous Nominations and Reflections
This was not Chalamet’s first Oscar nomination; he was previously nominated in 2017 for Call Me By Your Name but lost to Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour. Speaking to America's Vogue, he reflected on the competitive nature of awards shows:
“If there’s five people at an awards show, and four people go home losing you don’t think those four people are at the restaurant like, ‘Damn, we didn’t win’?"
“I’ve been around some deeply generous, no-ego actors, and maybe some of them are going, ‘That was fun.’ But I know for a fact a lot of them are going, ‘F***’.”
“People can call me a try-hard, and they can say whatever the f***. But I’m the one actually doing it here.”
Screen Actors Guild Award Victory
Although Chalamet missed out on the Academy Award, he was honored with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Best Leading Actor for the same role. In his acceptance speech, he expressed his ambition and dedication:
“I know the classiest thing would be to downplay the effort that went into this role and how much it means to me, but the truth is, this was five-and-a-half years of my life, I poured everything I had into playing this incomparable artist, Mr.”
Summary
Timothée Chalamet’s candid honesty reveals the emotional toll of award competitions, highlighting his deep commitment to his craft despite the disappointment of missing an Oscar win.