Killing vampires is worth it: Michael B. Jordan wins best actor for ‘Sinners’

Of The wire and Friday night lights On the biggest night in Hollywood, Michael B. Jordan just won the Best Actor award for his performance in Ryan Coogler sinners. Or should we say “performances”? Jordan plays twin brothersSmoke and Stack, in the film, whose dream of opening a music venue is ruined by a pesky horde of vampires.

Jordan beat out a who’s who of incredible actors to take home the trophy, including Timothée Chalamet for marty supremeLeonardo DiCaprio for One battle after anotherEthan Hawke by blue moon, and Wagner Moura for The secret agent. At various points during awards season, Chalamet, DiCaprio and Moura were considered potential front-runners, but in recent weeks Jordan has come out ahead, especially after winning the Screen Actors Guild award.

However, some things are very exciting about this victory. First of all, Jordan is so amazing. In sinnersof course, but throughout his incredible career. We already mentioned his first roles in classic shows like T.the wire and Friday night lightsbut he has also been wonderful in many other things, such as he Creed trilogy, black panther moviesFruitvale Station, Just Mercy, and Chronicle. He’s just incredible, especially when he works with Ryan Coogler.

Secondly, horror films rarely get this kind of universal recognition. you have to go back to The silence of the lambs find a movie that even resembles horror winning major awards like this. That was 35 years ago. (Fantasy and science fiction tend to do better.) Furthermore, films in which an actor plays more than one role almost never gain recognition. It’s almost as if the Academy looks at an actor playing two or more roles and doesn’t think it’s fair. We love that Jordan received the award for playing these brothers.

sinners It arrived at the Oscars on Sunday with the most nominations for a film, but you have to think that this was one of the few that the team behind it had marked as the most important.

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