11 Unexpected Actors Who Might Win Oscars Next Year
Leia goes for gold.
The dust may only have just begun to settle on this year's controversial Oscar ceremony, but movie studios are already busy assembling and marketing their projects for the upcoming PR circus leading to 2018's 90th annual Academy Awards.
As ever, the Oscar race is sure to throw up its share of snubs, but more curiously, its share of surprise nominees too. After all, Oscar history is full of jaw-dropping winners, such as Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny) and an 11-year-old Anna Paquin (The Piano), and nominated performances you wouldn't have bet on in a million years, like Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder) and Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids).
2018 will surely serve up its own share of shock nominees, and isn't that always more exciting than a boring slate of extremely talented people, with no new talent to cheer all the way to the finish line? Will Star Wars win its first acting Oscar? Will a much-maligned comedian finally get Academy validation?