- Title: Celebrities reveal their favorite films of the year
- Date: 27th February 2018
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (RECENT) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, MARTIN FREEMAN, ACTOR, SAYING: "Well, I mean obviously ideally I would love Daniel." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, ANDY SERKIS, SAYING: "It would be amazing, it would be fantastic." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR, MARTIN FREEMAN, SAYING: "I'd be both delighted and very angry. Because I'm very fond of Daniel, but I will hate him if he wins an Oscar. I mean he was amazing in 'Get Out', 'Get Out' was a brilliant film. I saw several films this year that I loved that I would be very happy and some performances that I was knocked out by, you know. But yes, certainly I'll be delighted for that. It's very exciting and it couldn't happen to a nicer fella apart from any Andy Serkis. Daniel and Andy Serkis, the nicest men in Britain, the trademark."
- Embargoed: 13th March 2018 16:02
- Keywords: Oscars Academy Awards films movies Call Me By Your Name I Tonya Allison Janney
- Location: UNKNOWN LOCATIONS / NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK + BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: UNKNOWN LOCATIONS / NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK + BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA00884BVHAL
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- Story Text:As the Oscars race nears the finish line, celebrities reveal the performances that inspired, thrilled and resonated with them this year.
Oscar nominee Allison Janney listed Sam Rockwell and Frances McDormand's performances in "Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri" and "Phantom Thread" as some of her favorites.
While Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne revealed his admiration for the best supporting actress nominee for her role in "I', Tonya."
"I'm obsessed with Allison Janney, so, I think that she's amazing," said Redmayne.
Actor John Leguizamo described Denzel Washington's performance in "Roman J. Israel, Esq" as "incredible".
"Mudbound" director, Dee Rees was unapologetic in naming her own film as one of the year's best.
"I mean I've seen other films, the other film I thought was really almost 'Dunkirk'. But I'd say between the two, those are the strongest films I seen this year," said Rees.
"Call Me By Your Name" actor, Timothee Chalamet was shown some love by fellow best actor nominee, Daniel Kaluuya.
"He's really exciting because he's, we had a "actors to actors" ('Variety's actors on actors') interview and it was, we was just on this ride together going we don't know how we've come here, to see, to see, to have this moment with him is really an exciting thing, said Kaluuya, who is nominated for his role in "Get Out."
As Kaluuya heads into Oscar Sunday, his "Black Panther" cast mates have nothing but support for him.
"I'd be both delighted and very angry," joked Martin Freeman.
"Because I'm very fond of Daniel, but I will hate him if he wins an Oscar. I mean he was amazing in "Get Out", "Get Out" was a brilliant film," he continued.
"When it happened I texted him and said 'and so it should be'," said Oscar winning actress, Lupita Nyong'o.
"He had an incredible run this year, he's an extremely talented actor and I'm definitely rooting for him," Michael B. Jordan added.
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