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3. LaKeith Stanfield Needed Therapy After Playing William O'Neal - Judas & The Black Messiah

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Despite the blatant category fraud of LaKeith Stanfield receiving a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his clearly lead role in Judas and the Black Messiah, it is a superb performance where he completely disappears into the part.

Stanfield dedicated himself enough to playing FBI informant William O'Neal that it actually left him seeking therapy for anxiety and panic attacks:

"So sometimes your body thinks that's real, everything you're putting it through. It's no wonder I've been feeling so stressed out and having panic attacks...I realised going forward before I step into something like that again, maybe have a therapist. I've found this really cool therapist. It's great and perfect for me right now...Hopefully, it continues to be the case.
It's helped me a lot...It helps you unlock things about yourself. It's not even necessarily about the person that you're doing therapy with, but like you said, perspectives and strategies and tools that you didn't have access to before."
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