Leonardo DiCaprio is almost certain to take home Best Actor at the 88th Academy Awards, ending a narrative that’s loomed so large over recent ceremonies that I’ll be amazed if Leo doesn’t reference it during his acceptance speech.
Ironically, given how he’s been overlooked by the Academy time and time again, it may well be a case of them overhyping his performance in this instance, or at the very least giving him the prize as an acknowledgement of the tremendous body of work he’s built up rather than a plaudit for the film in question. The man himself hinted as much this week.
He’s great in The Revenant, giving a guttural performance that is somehow frail yet mighty, but it’s hard not to agree with the sentiment of The Onion’s ‘Leonardo DiCaprio Hopes He Screamed And Cried Good Enough In The Revenant To Win Oscar’ story that's being shared widely this week.
What year then, should he have one? Let’s look at the options:
2005
Jamie Foxx – Ray as Ray Charles - WINNER
Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda as Paul Rusesabagina
Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland as J. M. Barrie
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator as Howard Hughes
Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby as Frankie Dunn
2006
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin - WINNER
Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond as Danny Archer
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson as Dan Dunne
Peter O'Toole – Venus as Maurice
Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness as Chris Gardner
2013
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof - WINNER
Christian Bale – American Hustle as Irving Rosenfeld
Bruce Dern – Nebraska as Woody Grant
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup
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