Revolutionary Road
January 23, 2009
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With the Oscar nominations announced this week, many are wondering if Slumdog will continue on with their winning streak. The movie did bring in 10 nominations, but it has some serious competition going against The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which received 13 nominations.
The Academy Awards have a reputation for delivering major surprises when it comes to its winners. The nominations list is proof in itself, as it left out many actors that were being heavily tipped to be nominated.
One actor that was noticeably absent from the nominations list was Leonardo DiCaprio, who didn’t get any recognition for his performance in Revolutionary Road.
When Hollyscoop caught up with Leo at the Palm Springs Film Festival in regards to a possible Oscar nominations he said, "We'll see what happens. We do these movies and we work as hard as we can and it's left up to everyone else."
His co-star Kate Winslet didn't receive recognition for her role in 'Revolutionary Road' either, but she did receive a "Best Actress" nomination for her role in The Reader.
Regardless of who will sweep the awards this year, the cast and crew of Slumdog Millionaire was happy just to be recognized. When Hollyscoop caught up with Frieda Pinto at the 2009 Palm Springs Film Festival, we asked her thoughts on a possible Oscar nomination for Slumdog Millionaire, to which she said:
“It’s a really funny questions because, what’s happening right now is so big and I cannot follow that, so I don’t even want to talk about the Oscars. When that happens its even more nerve wrecking.”
In regards to the cast she said, “Everyone is really excited and fingers crossed.” Check out our exclusive interview with the star below.
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Leo already has three Oscar nominations under his belt, while his co-star Kate has been nominated five times. Both have gone to the Academy Awards with hopes of talking home an Oscar, but were left disappointed. Could 2009 be their year?
Hollyscoop caught up with Leo at the 20th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on Tuesday to get the scoop on his movie 'Revolutionary Road' and the challenge of playing Frank Wheeler.
"It was a huge challenge to take on this novel by Richard Yates. It's one of the more complex novels I've ever read in my life. So we needed to be there for each other," Leo told Hollyscoop exclusively.
He added, "We're really excited, this movie was like doing theater. We're getting the ensemble award tonight. I think all of us as actors tried to support each other as best as we possibly could, while doing this pretty harsh material."
Speaking about a possible Oscar nomination for his role in 'Revolutionary Road' Leo told Hollyscoop: "We'll see what happens. We do these movies and we work as hard as we can and it's left up to everyone else." If it were up to us, Leo would already have three Oscars on his mantle. 2009 has to be his year, don't you agree?
Check out our exclusive interview with Leo at the Palm Springs Film Festival below...
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