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Gary Oldman is one of the most revered actors who is working in the industry right now. The British actor has been in the business for decades and has starred in blockbuster franchises such as theHarry Potterfranchise andThe Dark Knighttrilogy, and has starred in iconic films such asTrue RomanceandLéon.
Oldman finally received his first Best Actor Oscar for his role as Winston Churchill in the dramaDarkest Hour. While the actor was grateful for this win, he was far less appreciative of the other major award he won for the role, that is the Golden Globe award, and had major criticisms for the organizers.
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Gary Oldman Bashed The Golden Globe Awards
Gary Oldmanhas had a sprawling career for the past four decades and has starred in a number of roles on both film and stage. He is considered to be one of the highest-grossing actors of all time due to his appearances in blockbusters such asThe Dark Knight Trilogy,Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and theHarry Potterfilms.
Despite powerful performances, the actor garnered his first Oscar nomination in 2011 for the spy dramaTinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and then only won for 2017’sDarkest Hour. For the latter, he also won the Screen Actor’s Guild Award, the BAFTA, and the Golden Globe Award.
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Oldman winning the Golden Globe Award was a surprise as the actor had been a vocal critic of the award and its organizers, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The actor had bashed the HFPA publicly in an interview in 2014 withPlayboyand had gone as far as to urge people to boycott the show. He said,
“I know it certainly doesn’t mean anything to win a Golden Globe, that’s for sure…It’s a meaningless event. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is kidding you that something’s happening. They’re fcking ridiculous. There’s nothing going on at all…Boycott the fcking thing. Just say we’re not going to play this silly game with you anymore.”
Gary Oldman had a better view of the Oscars. However, the actor was humbler and appreciative when he won the Golden Globe Award forDarkest Hour.
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Criticisms Against The Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Actor Gary Oldman’s statements against the Golden Globe Awards and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are not an isolated incident. The HFPA, which is a non-profit collective of foreign journalists who report on American entertainment to non-American countries, has come under fire for a lot of its practices.
Many journalists have termed it as a closed collective that does not make it easy for new members to join the association. There have also been allegations of bribery for decades, allowing voting members to favor other films.
In a 2015 report, theNew York Postpublished an expose on the malpractices of the HFPA and the Golden Globe Awards with a focus on the nomination of films such asBurlesqueandThe Tourist. An insider revealed that,
“Even though everyone in the industry knows that the awards lack any real credibility, they still generate huge publicity for their movies. And it’s a lot easier to curry favor with a few dozen HFPA members than it is to suck up to the Academy.”
Lately, the HFPA has come under sharp criticism for its lack of diverse members, especially Black members in the association. Studios such as Netflix, Amazon, and WB boycotting the organization, and NBC even refused to air the ceremony on its network. The HFPA has now been bought out and disbanded and is said to be transformed into a for-profit entity.
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Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
