For the past few weeks, the trends in this year's Oscar Best Actor race have decidedly favored Gary Oldman over Timothee Chalamet. Chalamet had momentum with numerous critics' awards in his favor, but the Golden Globe for Drama and the SAG Award - two of the best harbingers of the Oscar winner - went to Oldman, nearly cementing his win in March.
But Chalamet got a ray of hope this past weekend when the London Critics' Circle chose him over Oldman for their Best Actor award at a ceremony on Sunday. It was a double-whammy for Oldman, who also lost the award for best British or Irish actor of the year to Daniel Kaluuya ("Get Out").
And in light of the #MeToo movement, will Oldman's chances be further hampered by events from his past?
The story cited a report in the New York Daily News in which Fiorentino said: "As I picked up the phone to call the police, Gary put his hand on my neck and squeezed. I backed away, with the phone receiver in my hand. I tried to dial 911. Gary grabbed the phone receiver from my hand and hit me in the face with the telephone receiver three or four times. Both of the children were crying."
Oldman has denied all charges claiming "[the accusations are] replete with lies, innuendoes and half-truths."
Last year" s="" Best="" Actor="" winner="" Casey="" Affleck="" weathered="" claims="" that="" he="" sexually="" harassed="" two="" women,="" the="" producer="" and="" cinematographer="" of="" his="" mockumentary="" "I'm="" Still="" Here."="" The="" suits="" were="" settled="" in="" 2010="" and="" Affleck="" has="" denied="" the="" allegations.="" But="" with="" the="" ongoing="" discussion="" of="" sexual="" harassment="" in="" Hollywood,="" Affleck="" told="" the="" Academy="" last="" week="" that="" he="" would="" not="" be="" on="" hand="" to="" give="" out="" this="" year's="" Best="" Actress="" award,="" a="" long-standing="" Oscar="" tradition.="" "The star is understood not to want to distract from the #MeToo movement given previous allegations against him for sexual harassment on the set of the mockumentary 'I'm Still Here,'" .
Oldman's chances may be further diminished by a number of quotes that have surfaced in which he accused left-leaning Hollywood of hypocrisy using blunt and offensive language.
"In a 2014 interview with Playboy," the Daily Beast report continued, "Oldman - who identifies as a libertarian - let out an expletive-laden rant about how men like Mel Gibson and Alec Baldwin can't get away with politically incorrect jokes, while the Jon Stewarts and Bill Mahers of the world can' target='_blank'> "Well, if I called Nancy Pelosi a cunt - and I'll go one better, a fucking useless cunt - I can't really say that. But Bill Maher and Jon Stewart can, and nobody's going to stop them from working because of it. Bill Maher could call someone a fag and get away with it. He said to Seth MacFarlane this year, 'I thought you were going to do the Oscars again. Instead, they got a lesbian.' He can say something like that. Is that more or less offensive than Alec Baldwin saying to someone in the street, 'You fag?' I don't get it."
Oldman went onto defend Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic and racist comments revealed in audio tapes that went public in the summer of 2010 in which the actor allegedly told his then-partner Oksana Grigorieva, "I hope you get raped by a pack of niggers."
"Mel Gibson is in a town that's run by Jews," Oldman said defending Gibson, "and he said the wrong thing because he's actually bitten the hand that I guess has fed him - and doesn't need to feed him anymore because he's got enough dough. He's like an outcast, a leper, you know? I don't know about Mel. He got drunk and said a few things, but we've all said those things," offered Oldman.
"We're all fucking hypocrites," he added. "That's what I think about it. The policeman who arrested him (Gibson) has never used the word 'nigger' or 'that fucking Jew?'"
The Daily Beast report added: "No decent person would agree with Oldman that people tell their partners, "I hope you get raped by a pack of niggers," like Gibson is recorded saying-not to mention how Gibson pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery after allegedly striking Grigorieva in the face, breaking several of her teeth."
