Though Garfield plays a biographical role in “tick, tick…Boom” like Redmayne did (Broadway composer Jonathan Larson), it’s not one that required a drastic transformation. SEE ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’ producer Julie Oh on making ‘a love letter to theater at a time you couldn’t go see a musical’Ĭould something similar happen this year? The situations aren’t perfectly analogous, of course. The Oscars don’t usually go for younger men - at 33, Redmayne was the eighth youngest ever to win Best Actor - but as with Daniel Day-Lewis in “My Left Foot” (who was 32 when he prevailed), industry insiders often can’t resist an actor transforming physically for a performance. Redmayne never looked back, winning the BAFTA and then the Oscar after that, even though Keaton’s film ended up winning Best Picture. But Redmayne won there for his striking physical transformation into scientist Stephen Hawking as the character experienced the worsening symptoms of ALS. Redmayne didn’t have nearly as many wins from critics, so Keaton went into the SAG Awards as the heavy favorite. He had never earned Oscar nominations for his famous roles in films like “Beetlejuice” and “Batman,” and now here he was, the underappreciated veteran playing an underappreciated veteran fighting to be taken seriously in his industry. And Keaton had a strong personal narrative too. He also won Golden Globe, Gotham, and Independent Spirit Awards for his performance as a washed up actor trying to stage a comeback on Broadway. Keaton was the critics favorite in 2014, winning the Critics Choice Award for Best Actor as well as regional prizes from film journalists in Boston, Chicago, London, San Francisco, and Washington DC, among others.
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