Could this be another example of Hollywood thinking they know what’s best?
When the Oscar nominations were announced on Feb. 8, people noticed that almost half of the acting nominations went to actors playing real-life icons: Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart) in Spencer; Tammy Faye Bakker (Jessica Chastain) in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Richard Williams (Will Smith) and Oracene Price (Aunjanue Ellis) in King Richard, Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman), Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem), and William Frawley (J.K. Simmons) in Being the Ricardos, and Jonathan Larson (Andrew Garfield) in Tick Tick… Boom.
Most casual TV watchers are familiar with these iconic figures, and, remarkably, the Academy nominated people who have tried to recreate a performance we’ve already seen. And it’s nothing we haven’t witnessed before: Hollywood loves their icons and anyone who wants to tell their stories.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
