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Martin McDonagh, director of Wild Horse Nine, praised John Malkovich's performance as worthy of three Oscars, highlighting its emotional range and humor. The film explores a character grappling with his past involvement in CIA interventions, despite being set in the 1970s, it resonates with today's political climate. Malkovich has been nominated for two previous Academy Awards but never won; co-star Frances McDormand won her first Oscar for McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in 2017.
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Recently diagnosed with cancer, Chris begins to wrestle with his dark past role in other CIA interventions.
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Malkovich’s performance has been tipped to bag him his very first Oscar and would follow in the footsteps of his co-star who won his first academy-award in McDonagh’s 2017 film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
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Speaking to the Press Association, he said: “It’s worthy of three Oscars.
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“It’s one of the best performances I’ve seen in years.
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“It’s funny.
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It’s angry in places, but it’s very sweet and sort of sorrowful in places too.
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“I don’t think anyone else this year could beat him.”
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Malkovich has been nominated twice for a best supporting actor academy award for 1984’s Places In The Heart and 1993’s In The Line Of Fire.
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Despite being set in the 70s, McDonagh, also known for The Banshees Of Inisherin and In Bruges, said the film feels timely of the political climate today.
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He said: “I sort of made four films that weren’t political, and just the subject matter lent itself to being angry about it.
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“I’m intrigued to see how the politics go over and the anger goes over.
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“A lot of what happens in the film is sort of mirroring what’s going on in the present day.
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“It wasn’t deliberately set out to be out there but I find that kind of fascinating too.”
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The film also stars Reservoir Dogs actor Steve Buscemi, 68, who hopes audiences will learn something new about this period of history.
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Buscemi said: “I think it is timely and I think if people don’t know about this period, this is a great film to at least learn a little something about it.
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“The backdrop is political, but it’s really a film about relationships, and it’s a film about connections, regret, redemption.
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“I think the film tells its story a lot through humour.
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He went on to praise McDonagh’s work as being both “important” and entertaining.
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The White Lotus actress Paker Posey also stars in the film alongside Chilean actress Mariana di Girolamo.
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