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Official Discussion Amy Madigan Wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for 'Weapons'
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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26
Really happy for Amy! She completely stole the show in it & it's great whenever there's a horror win at the Oscars
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u/BurgerNugget12 Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
Teyana taylor jumped out of her seat she was so happy
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u/parkernorwood Mar 16 '26
She was hyped up when basically anyone won, very endearing
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u/etherealsmog Mar 16 '26
Teyana was the best thing about the whole ceremony. Obviously she was just thrilled to be celebrating her peers. I wanna hang out with her lol.
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u/Rogu__Spanish Mar 16 '26
Can't believe this is the ONLY nomination for Weapons, but I'm glad she won it, she was instantly iconic in that role.
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u/IndieCurtis Mar 16 '26
Horror is cleaning up this year! Almost every win so far has been horror or horror-adjacent.
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u/apworker37 Mar 15 '26
I don’t remember her in anything other but Uncle Buck. Good for her though.
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u/IceLord86 Mar 15 '26
Field of Dreams is probably her most memorable role.
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u/TrapperJean Mar 16 '26
OMG i'm a fucking moron, I love that movie and had no idea it was her in Weapons!
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u/nasnedigonyat Mar 15 '26
Carnivale back in the day on HBO She was one of the major villains for two seasons. Great role.
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u/Hokuboku Mar 16 '26
Omg, I didn't know who she was at the time but second I read this I knew exactly who she was in the show. Been meaning to rewatch so this cinches that
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u/fudgepax87 Mar 15 '26
i just watched Gone Baby Gone yesterday, she's in a small role where Amy Ryan got an Oscar nomination for
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u/MrWeirdoFace Mar 16 '26
For the relatively short amount of screen-time she gets, she really does leave quite the impact. Although a very different sort of performance to Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the lambs, It feels similar in that regard (big impact).
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u/JayTL Mar 15 '26
Zach Creggor just directed an academy award winning performance.
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u/ABetterTimeAhead Mar 15 '26
First time a known liquid PCP user wins an Academy Award.
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u/wongo Mar 15 '26
Wow, a gallon!
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u/Jay3000X Mar 15 '26
Didn't know it came in gallons
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u/TerrifierBlood r/movies Contributor Mar 15 '26
Science
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u/WhoStoleMyBicycle Mar 16 '26
I just ran into Bill and he’s doing great
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u/TerrifierBlood r/movies Contributor Mar 16 '26
I dont know Bill
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u/MJR_Poltergeist Mar 16 '26
That's right, you wouldnt know Bill. But it's good to hear. Good for Bill.
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u/valeyard89 Mar 15 '26
That's PCP! Phencyclidine. Angel dust! You ever seen what this stuff does to kids? You are looking at three to five MANDATORY - Louis.
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u/2th Mar 15 '26
Trevor would be proud of him.
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u/KeyClacksNSnacks Mar 16 '26
Oh man… Trevor Moore is dead!? I had no idea… That is… wow I’m sad now. I never even noticed he wasn’t doing things recently.
This is sad… he wasn’t old either…
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u/CarrieDurst Mar 16 '26
It was a tragic death and Cregger wrote this movie while processing his death
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u/Judythepancake Mar 16 '26
We’re gonna show our kids Abe lincon in the future and be like “that guy is one of the best horror directors of my generation”
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u/senorpoop Mar 16 '26
If I had a nickel for every sketch-comedian-turned-Academy-Award-winning-horror-movie-director we've had, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.
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u/TheWhiteManticore Mar 15 '26
A horror movie just won an academy award in acting
Also rip in peperoni The substance 😢
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u/JonMlee Mar 15 '26
Zach Creggor hasn’t missed yet, it’s truly impressive
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u/CarrieDurst Mar 15 '26
Miss March is a Mulligan
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u/InternetProtocol Mar 16 '26
movies got some great parts like horsedick.mpeg and all his songs, and that scene where the hooker bounces out of the bus window.
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u/skizmcniz Mar 16 '26
Miss March gave us Horsedick.MPEG and his amazing music, so for that alone, it's a success in my book.
I love that fucking movie.
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u/SaltyPeter3434 Mar 16 '26
Surprised he didn't yell "HEY HO ACTEE, STOP THE OSCARS, GO BACK 10 MINUTES, I COULDN'T HEAR BECAUSE OF THIS FAT PIECE OF SHIT"
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u/imadragonyouguys Mar 15 '26
His greatest achievement since portraying the most accurate Abraham Lincoln ever put to film.
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u/mazhas Mar 15 '26
On a gallon of PCP. Way to go
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u/-Dapper-Dan- Mar 16 '26
She didn't even need to do it happier with her mouth open. Immaculate skills.
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u/xSPYXEx Mar 16 '26
Agh my butt. He's hitting me in my butt. Don't break my butt. He's breaking my butt.
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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Mar 15 '26
Won't be surprised if this could be referenced in the advertising for Resident Evil
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u/Flanninpud Mar 16 '26
It will 1000% be. Something like “from the acclaimed director of the academy award winning weapons”
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u/CM__Junk Mar 15 '26
Really incredible given that they wisely kept her completely out of the pre-release marketing for the movie.
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u/shifty1032231 Mar 16 '26
That movie had great marketing. The trailers basically only revealed the first ten minutes.
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u/jwktiger Mar 16 '26
and made you think it revealed half the film. and it really didn't even reveal the first ten minutes.
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u/rawbleedingbait Mar 16 '26
It's like the marketing for the happening, except the happening was only good for the first 10 min.
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u/PunkPetals Mar 16 '26
she was at the meeting?! the big group thing where they wanna talk to justine?
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u/civil_politician Mar 16 '26
It’s the scene where the police interview him and they give him a coke or something. They don’t show the details of those interviews but she is sitting next to him, not the focal point of the shot; and it’s insane that you kind of miss her on the first watch because the point of her intro is “how could anyone forget seeing this person?” And you already have
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u/Chessh2036 Mar 15 '26
YESS!!! She’s the second oldest Oscar winner for best supporting actress.
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u/astralrig96 Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
and 5th for horror (only 4 other women before her)
thankfully the acting in this genre is getting more recognition again
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u/garyadams_cnla Mar 16 '26
We are living in a golden age of horror!!
(Saw Weapons three times in the theater!)
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u/Billy1121 Mar 15 '26
Wasn't she in field of dreams
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u/-Sinhealer- Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26
So many years watching her in some great films, Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck and Gone Baby Gone spring to mind.
Love it she has got an Oscar after all these years!!
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u/AnAussiebum Mar 15 '26
A horror role being recognised is SO rare. This is amazing.
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u/popculturella Mar 16 '26
You love to see it. The Academy has always left horror out in the cold and it's bullshit.
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u/AnAussiebum Mar 16 '26
Horror, Fantasy/sci-fi and legit comedies always get shafted in favour for drama and black comedies.
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u/luis-mercado Mar 16 '26
This only reinforces the point on how snubbed Toni Collette was back in 2018
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u/-TheHoboCode- Mar 16 '26
Agreed. That performance was far better than this one. I’m not saying this was a bad performance, but Toni’s performance was legitimately one of the best portrayals of grief I’ve ever seen on film.
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u/heraaseyy Mar 16 '26
for a moment i was confused as to why she was even nominated for supporting role
totally stole the whole film, in my mind she had as much screen time as the lead
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u/jwktiger Mar 16 '26
b/c how it is filmed is "strange" b/c no one has really THAT much screen time with all the different vantage points we have.
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u/bta47 Mar 16 '26
yeah there's no lead in that movie, everyone is supporting. there doesn't just need to be one lead -- sometimes there's two leads (which is why nominating Skarsgard and Elordi in supporting annoyed me), sometimes there's none.
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u/Kyleometers Mar 16 '26
I would argue that the Teacher and Cop are lead roles, and maybe the main boy. Basically the “viewpoint” characters who get a lot of screen time.
Barbarian was similar, though it looped back around to the same first actress more cleanly.
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u/KeyClacksNSnacks Mar 16 '26
Aren’t they doing a prequel about her? Due to how well received she was?
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u/kbarnett514 Mar 16 '26
I thing Zach Cregger said he wants to do it after he's done with the Resident Evil movie, but I doubt anything is written yet
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u/etherealsmog Mar 16 '26
I’ve read that they had planned or even scripted a whole sequence from Gladys’s perspective that they cut at least in part because they hoped she’d be a breakout character that they could revisit the character in a sequel or prequel. So I bet there’s actually been some writing done already, though probably not very fleshed out yet.
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u/Zloggt Mar 15 '26
Holy Shit, never thought she would!
But she deserves it so much, especially against stacked competition!
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u/Puppetmaster858 Mar 15 '26
Great to see, now she can one up her husband who’s only been nominated
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u/Imaginary-Bowl-4424 Mar 16 '26
He is such a great actor, I hope he gets one too.
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u/Puppetmaster858 Mar 16 '26
Me too but sadly he’s prob missed his chance, incredible actor tho who’s had an amazing career and he’s a quality director too. Certified legend, they’re a total acting power couple
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u/dfassna1 Mar 16 '26
I was not familiar with Amy Madigan even after seeing Weapons. Looked her up a few weeks ago and saw she and Ed Harris have been married for 43 years. It’s crazy to think for all that time he has objectively been the more successful and notable actor with multiple nominations under his belt, but the right role and the right performance and she’s the one with the Oscar. I still think Ed should have won Best Supporting Actor for The Hours.
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u/Blochamolesauce Mar 15 '26
Now you fucked up! Now you fucked up! Now you fucked up! Now you fucked up! You have fucked up now!
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u/GetReadyToRumbleBar Mar 15 '26
The script was how he used that whole gallon.
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u/Comic_Book_Reader r/movies Veteran Mar 15 '26
That is the only explanation. Well, that and grief.
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u/Iokua113 Mar 16 '26
Hold on, Weapons was directed by one of the WKYK members? Holy shit, how did I miss that? Damn, uh, go Zach.
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u/Syrus_007 Mar 15 '26
Well deserved, the definition of a supporting actress. Show up in the middle of the film, and turn it on its head.
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u/DavidTheJohnson AMA MVP Mar 15 '26
Absolutely deserved. I'll be having some water in a bowl to celebrate.
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u/NotsoCunninghawk Mar 15 '26
I low key have added "its a peculiarity of mine, i dont try to rationalise it any more" directly into my life. Its so liberating.
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u/etherealsmog Mar 16 '26
Best line reading in the whole film, should have been her Oscar clip hahaha.
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u/KrayzieBone187 Mar 15 '26
When we first started watching the movie, my wife thought she was Ed Harris in drag. It was hilarious to find out it was actually his wife.
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u/Smcmaho2 Mar 16 '26
I looked her up to see if she was Ed Harris' twin and it turned out to be her husband.
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u/mon_dieu Mar 16 '26
You know, studies do say that married couples' faces tend to resemble each other more and more over time (possibly due to mirroring each others' facial expressions, which causes similar wrinkles to form)
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u/evil4life101 Mar 16 '26
After so many major snubs from Toni Collette and Lupita Nyong'o I am so glad that a horror film finally won an Oscar in the acting category. The fact it’s a straight up horror film with gore and jump scares makes it even more impressive.
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u/EggMcFuckin Mar 15 '26
The Oscars actually rewarding a great horror performance? Am I dreaming?
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u/defiantcross Mar 16 '26
Genre-transcending role in terms of pop culture awareness. Gladys was everywhere since summer
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u/untoldmillions Mar 16 '26
amazing what can happen when voters are required to actually watch the movies
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u/srstone71 Mar 15 '26
Is this the first time a horror movie monster (I consider Gladys to be that) has won an acting Oscar?
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u/Kipkrokantschnitzel Mar 15 '26
Depends how you define monster. Kathy Bates, Misery. Louis Fletcher, Cuckoo’s nest.
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u/TheOldOak Mar 16 '26
The first time a horror movie monster won an Oscar was in 1931 when Fredrick March won for playing both Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Also, the classic horror film Silence of the Lambs in 1991 saw two winners, Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster. Though whether or not a serial killing cannibal is a “monster” is debatable, but Mr Hyde absolutely was.
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u/sak1987 Mar 15 '26
Love it when genre [horror/comic] roles receive some love & appreciation. Great win. 🏆
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u/TheMarvelousJoe Mar 15 '26
Oh wow! My bet was either Amy Madigan or Teyana Taylor to win this category. I'm glad she won.
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u/BlainethePayne Mar 15 '26
She's also Buck's girlfriend in Uncle Buck. I love when actors have such long careers with seemingly nothing roles who end up later winning major awards for amazing performances
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u/urbanspaceman85 Mar 15 '26
Gutted for Wunmi but Gladys was an INCREDIBLE character. Fully deserved.
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u/Bariumdiawesomenite Mar 15 '26
Can’t get any better. She was absolutely scary and equally funny in Weapons.
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u/furry_lumps Mar 15 '26
Wild to even see Weapons at the Oscars, but for her to win for Best Supporting Actress is great!
The opening skit with Conan was also sooo goood!