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Josh Brolin actually has a flare for the dramatics.
The actor made a case for why “Dune: Half Two” director Denis Villeneuve deserves to be nominated for a finest director Oscar for the second installment of the sprawling sci-fi franchise that got here out this 12 months, and warned that he’ll do the unthinkable ought to it not come to go.
“If he doesn’t get nominated this 12 months, I’ll stop appearing,” Brolin instructed Selection in an interview revealed Thursday about his new memoir “From Underneath the Truck.”
He went on to say that he thinks “Dune: Half Two” was a “higher film than the primary one.”
“Once I watched it, it felt like my mind was damaged open. It’s masterful, and Denis is certainly one of our grasp filmmakers,” Brolin added. “If the Academy Awards have any that means by any means, they’ll acknowledge him.”
Villeneuve was snubbed from incomes a finest director nod for “Dune: Half One” when the movie was launched in 2021, and Brolin clearly isn’t over it.
The “Avengers: Infinity Battle” star portrayed the character Gurney Halleck in each “Dune” movies, that are primarily based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel of the identical identify.
“Dune: Half 2” was extensively well-received when it was launched in February, providing a way more action-packed film than the slower-paced world-builder that “Half One” delivered. “Half One” did nevertheless win six Oscars on the time, after incomes 10 nods.
The movie stars Brolin, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Christopher Walken, Rebecca Ferguson and Javier Bardem, amongst others.
Whether or not Brolin’s risk to stop the biz is true or hyperbole is but to be seen, however one factor is evident: He’s in Villeneuve’s nook all the way in which.