Kristen Stewart was snubbed by the Screen Actors Guild this year for her buzzy new performance as Princess Diana in Spencer.
The SAG Award nominations were released this Wednesday and as usual, some of the snubs have been as noteworthy as the nominations.
Pablo Larrain’s new movie Spencer cast Kristen, 31, as the late Princess Of Wales during a fateful Christmas at Sandringham.
Rejected: Kristen Stewart was snubbed by the Screen Actors Guild this year for her buzzy new performance as Princess Diana in Spencer
Over the course of that Christmas she experiences major psychological distress and sees visions of Anne Boleyn whom she comes to regard as a kindred spirit.
As the festivities roll along she eventually comes to realize that her marriage to Prince Charles is broken beyond repair.
A similar Christmas was dramatized at the end of season four of The Crown, where Diana was played by Emma Corrin to critical acclaim.
Frances McDormand received a stunning snub for her performance as Lady Macbeth in her husband Joel Coen’s movie The Tragedy Of Macbeth.
End of the marriage: Pablo Larrain’s new movie Spencer cast Kristen, 31, as the late Princess Of Wales during a fateful Christmas at Sandringham
There’s Emma: A similar Christmas was dramatized at the end of season four of The Crown, where Diana was played by Emma Corrin to critical acclaim
The highly stylized adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic stars Denzel Washington in the title role for which he did get nominated.
However the top-flight cast, which also featured Brendan Gleeson as Duncan, did not manage to wrangle a nod for best cast.
Meryl, usually an award show favorite, also failed to pick up a nod for her turn in the new apocalypse comedy Don’t Look Up at this year’s SAGs.
She gave a supporting performance as a president inspired by Donald Trump who ignores the scientists warning her that a comet is about to destroy life on Earth.
Out, damned spot: Frances McDormand received a stunning snub for her performance as Lady Macbeth in her husband Joel Coen’s movie The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Whoops: Meryl, usually an award show favorite, also failed to pick up a nod for her turn in the new apocalypse comedy Don’t Look Up at this year’s SAGs
Adam McKay, who has lately helmed such films as The Big Short and Vice, put Meryl amid a cast headed up by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence.
The whole ensemble, which also included Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry, did get a nod for best cast in a motion picture.
However neither of the two leads scored a nomination for best actor or actress in a motion picture – two competitive categories this year.
Co-leads: Adam McKay, who has lately helmed such films as The Big Short and Vice, put Meryl amid a cast headed up by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence
Close: Although the whole ensemble got a nomination for best cast, neither Leonardo (pictured) nor Jennifer got an individual nod
Neither did Beanie Feldstein’s brother Jonah Hill, who had a supporting role as the Meryl character’s arrogant and incompetent son.
The Power Of The Dog also managed not to get a nod for best cast, despite being up for three out of the four individual acting categories in the motion picture bracket.
It got nominations for leading actor in a motion picture (Benedict Cumberbatch) as well as supporting actress (Kirsten Dunst) and supporting actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee).
Snubbed: Game Of Thrones superstar Peter Dinklage was snubbed too for his acclaimed performance in the new movie Cyrano
Game Of Thrones superstar Peter Dinklage was snubbed too for his acclaimed performance in the new movie Cyrano.
The latest adaptation of Cyrano De Bergerac was adapted by Joe Wright whose work includes Atonement and the film of Pride And Prejudice starring Keira Knightley.
Recently he directed Gary Oldman to an Oscar win playing Winston Churchill in the Second World War drama Darkest Hour.
Nicholas Hoult was also left out of a nomination for his scene-stealing performance as Peter III on The Great, even though the cast got a group nomination and the leading lady Elle Fanning did as well.
Wow: Benedict Cumberbatch (left), Kodi Smit-McPhee (right) and Kirsten Dunst all got nominated for The Power Of The Dog but the movie is still not up for best cast
One out of two: Nicholas Hoult (right) was also left out of a nomination for his scene-stealing performance as Peter III on The Great, for which his co-star Elle Fanning (left) did get a nod
