Jared Leto just received a Razzie nomination for his performance in “House of Gucci.” Just a few weeks ago, Leto was awarded a SAG nomination for this very performance, in the Supporting Actor category. That means he could very well get an Oscar nomination to go along with his Razzie recognition.
Leto potentially garnering and Oscar nod for ‘Gucci’ would only mark the fourth time an actor has been up for both an Oscar and a Razzie for the same performance; he would be joining the ranks of James Coco in “Only When I Laugh”, Amy Irving in “Yentl” and, just last year, Glenn Close in “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Back to Leto, on 11.25.21 I wrote:
“All hail Jared Leto as Paolo Gucci. This is the kind of gonzo performance that deserves both an Oscar and a Razzie. Wearing a fat suit, with a bald wig and THICK Italian accent, Leto is damn-near goofy in his delivery. “A triumph of mediocrity,” Al Pacino’s Rodolfo calls Paolo, and that he is. Whether Leto delivers a great or awful performance will be the stuff of debate for years to come, but he’s the high-wire act that this movie desperately needed more of.”
Still no distributor for "Bucking Fastard," "Alpha Gang," "The Last Photograph," "Closing Night," and "The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd." The issue seems to be quality more than a lack of willingness to buy.