Actor Lakeith Stanfield, who plays half of the title double alongside Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah, reacted to his first Oscar nomination on Monday by posting a succinct message on Instagram: “I’m confused too, but fuck lmao.”
He and Kaluuya were nominated for Best Supporting Actor, which left Oscar experts like Kevin Fallon of the Daily Beast scratching their heads after Monday morning’s announcement. “Apparently Judas and the Black Messiah didn’t you have a lead actor? Fallon wondered.
Stanfield’s FBI informant, Bill O’Neal, is undoubtedly the protagonist of the film, which won six overall nominations, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Photography, but voters at the academy decided that he belonged to the supporting category. with his co-star and alleged leader Kaluuya, who plays the president of the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton.
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