{"id":266909,"date":"2026-01-27T18:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/266909\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:16:09","slug":"wicked-misses-paul-mescal-makes-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/266909\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked Misses, Paul Mescal Makes Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe British Academy\u2019s 2026 lineup of Film Awards nominees has no shortage of snubs and surprises. While the likes of \u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d \u201cSinners,\u201d \u201cHamnet\u201d and \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d largely did as was expected and dominated the list, further down there was more than enough to raise eyebrows among awards watchers.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith merely five slots in the best film race, there were plenty of features that didn\u2019t make the cut. In the performance categories, however, the sixth space (one more than the Oscars) saw some names not on many frontrunner predictions sneak in. And, as ever, there was some love for British (and Irish \u2014 hi Paul Mescal<\/a>!) stars not reciprocated over the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, we break down the biggest developments from this morning\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n

\n\tSNUB: \u201cWicked: For Good<\/a>\u201d misses out in main categories<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter being shut out entirely of the Oscar nominations last week, \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d didn\u2019t get much love from BAFTA either. Though the sequel earned nods in the costume and hair and make-up categories, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande failed to receive acting nominations and it also didn\u2019t show up in the best film, director or screenplay lists. How disappointifying!<\/p>\n

\n\tSURPRISE: Paul Mescal nabs a supporting actor nom<\/p>\n

\n\tPerhaps not all that surprising, but Paul Mescal, having missed out on his second Oscar nomination for \u201cHamnet,\u201d did get a BAFTA supporting actor nomination. After all, he was playing William Shakespeare. This is now Mescal\u2019s third BAFTA Film Awards<\/a> nod in four years after \u201cAftersun\u201d and \u201cAll of Us Strangers.\u201d While he\u2019s now taking a break to film the Beatles biopics, surely playing Paul McCartney makes him a shoo-in for leading actor (but not until 2029).<\/p>\n

\n\tSNUB: Guillermo del Toro doesn\u2019t make director cut<\/p>\n

\n\tThough \u201cFrankenstein\u201d star Jacob Elordi nabbed a supporting actor nomination and the film found plenty of love in the craft categories, helmer del Toro missed out on a directing nod (as he also did for the Oscars this year). The movie also wasn\u2019t recognized in the best film or adapted screenplay categories, whereas it\u2019s represented in both in the Oscars race.<\/p>\n

\n\tSURPRISE: Chase Infiniti elbows into leading actress race<\/p>\n

\n\tLeave it to BAFTA voters to give a shout out one of the year\u2019s biggest breakouts. While Chase Infiniti couldn\u2019t land a nomination on home turf from the Oscars, the \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d star is now in the running for the leading actress BAFTA (as well as the Rising Star Award).<\/p>\n

\n\tSURPRISE: Odessa A\u2019zion up for supporting actress<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d star A\u2019zion also missed out on an Oscar nomination last week, but she\u2019s in the BAFTA supporting actress race for her role as Rachel, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s partner-in-crime in Josh Safdie\u2019s sports drama. It marks her first recognition from BAFTA.<\/p>\n

\n\tSNUB: Foreign-language films that aren\u2019t \u201cSentimental Value\u201d miss out<\/p>\n

\n\tThe British Academy has, by and large, been pretty good at recognizing foreign-language films. \u201cAll Quiet on the Western Front\u201d smashed records in 2023. But this year, for any film that isn\u2019t \u201cSentimental Value,\u201d it\u2019s been, well, all quiet. \u201cIt was Just an Accident\u201d and \u201cSirat,\u201d despite Palme d\u2019Ors and critical acclaim, could only make it on the film not in the English language category, and while \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d was also nominated for original screenplay, Oscar nominee Wagner Moura not even making it past the first round of BAFTA voting is a major snub.<\/p>\n

\n\tSURPRISE: \u201cI Swear\u201d earns five nods<\/p>\n

\n\tAs one of the biggest British indie hits of the year in the U.K., \u201cI Swear\u201d was always destined to have some presence at the BAFTAs<\/a>. But few would have predicted its five nominations, especially two in the performance categories. Lead star Robert Aramayo, alongside a Rising Star nomination for up-and-coming talent, is now a leading actor nominee (in a group alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet), while Peter Mullan is a supporting actor nominee (with the likes of Sean Penn and Jacob Elordi).<\/p>\n

\n\tSURPRISE: David Jonsson keeps his cool after \u201cWasteman\u201d nod<\/p>\n

\n\tMost filmmakers are expected to whoop and cheer in delight upon hearing that their movie has been nominated for a major award. Unfortunately for Jonsson, he was on stage at the BAFTAs, hosting the nominations announcement alongside Aimee Lou Wood. Jonsson starred in and produced Cal McMau\u2019s prison drama \u201cWasteman,\u201d which was nominated for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer. So when Lou Wood read out the category and offered him a \u201ccongratulations,\u201d the actor \u2014 ever the consummate professional \u2014 maintained his composure despite showing clear delight at the news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The British Academy\u2019s 2026 lineup of Film Awards nominees has no shortage of snubs and surprises. While the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[123269,120229,321,93,61,60,5042,47163],"class_list":{"0":"post-266909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bafta-film-awards","9":"tag-baftas","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-paul-mescal","15":"tag-wicked-for-good"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}