Logan Producer Says Patrick Stewart Is Overdue For An Oscar

Loganproducer Hutch Parker believes Patrick Stewart , who reprised Charles Xavier for perhaps the terminal time in this year ’s blockbuster , is long overdue for recognition from the Oscars . Traditionally , the Academy does not nominate comic Word version in the more " prestigious " family like Best Picture and Best Director . Heath Ledger ’s posthumous win in Best Supporting Actor for play the Joker in Christopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knightis an exception to the rule , and many are hopingLoganwill join those ranks . Fox seems confident in its power to play for voters , makingLoganthe first screener they place to Academy members .

One category whereLoganis hop to break through , keeping in cable with theDark Knightcomparison , is Supporting Actor . Patrick Stewart cap off a tremendous trial present X - Men loss leader Charles Xavier in the motion-picture show with a poignant bend that painted the icon in a very different light . Should Fox ’s campaign prove to be successful , it would mark the first Academy Award nominating address for Stewart . That fact surprises Parker , who thinks the role player should have receive a nod a long clip ago .

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Speaking withTHR , Parker touched uponLogan ’s Oscar opportunity , specifically Stewart ’s odds , voicing his support for his star :

" I ’m naturalistic about the kind of moving picture this is , and I ’m bright that various mass in those positions will see it and recognize it — even though it is an R - rate pic , and even though it has a bequest as part of a comic book franchise . I ’d love for people to be able to appraise the craft on the performance and the body of work on their own merits … The fact that Patrick has not encounter those kinds of acknowledgements is astounding to me . "

Stewart is a multi - sentence Emmy and Golden Globe nominee for his oeuvre on television set , so he has n’t gone totally unnoticed by various awards bodies . Still , it is a little shameful to make love he ’s yet to hear his name shout out on Oscar Nominations break of the day , and there are apparently many fans who would care to see that change . If Fox plays up the " overdue " constituent , Stewart could get the " career achievement " nominating speech the Oscars are so well - known for , but his operation inLoganwould certainly be deserve of such merit . Playing a physically and emotionally vulnerable Xavier , Stewart display layer of the fibre we had never date before , in full committing himself to what is most likely his semisweet swan song . As Mangold toldTHR , Stewart"attacked this thing with ferocity,“and rode off into the sundown in riveting fashion .

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While Stewart ( orLoganin general ) is n’t get the best odds at this distributor point in awards season , it ’s always potential he sneaks into the lineup . There are clear-cut frontrunners in Best Supporting Actor this year ( namely , Sam Rockwell and Willem Dafoe ) , but the category is not load to the point where Stewart would be completely overshadow if Fox play their cards correct . flop now , it ’s a passably open Academy Award race , withLoganandWonder Womantrying to shake things up and break new ground for the Academy . Time will tell if they ’re successful , but it wo n’t be for lack of trying .