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Michael Keatonhad a big night at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, as his movieThe Trial of the Chicago 7took home the evening’s top film prize.
He previously spoke toDeadlineabout the potential record-breaking win. “Contrary to advice I was given early on, I’ve done the ensemble thing a few times, going back toThe Paperand evenGung Ho,” he said.
“I was advised early on, you’re a movie star,” Keaton continued. “That’s nice, but to me it is about good material and I’m an actor who likes to be around good actors. Unless you don’t have a pulse, you are going to improve. I get bored really quick. When you’re around really good actors, everybody brings everybody up.”
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Keaton starred in the acclaimed Aaron Sorkin-written/directed film as Ramsey Clark, who was the United States attorney general when the anti-Vietnam War protesters — who would become known as the Chicago Seven — were accused of inciting a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
He continued, “Aaron Sorkin was determined to tell their story, and his loving and respectful direction transformed a group of disparate actors into an ensemble. Reverend King was right, we need leaders to guide us toward hating each other less. We owe a debt of thanks to the voices of the Chicago Seven, and most especially, Aaron Sorkin, our leader whose voice is the soul of this movie. Thank you SAG-AFTRA.”
The award’s winners also included cast members Sacha Baron Cohen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Strong, Yahya Abdul-Mateen, John Carroll Lynch, Mark Rylance and Alex Sharp.
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They beat out Spike Lee’sDa 5 Bloods, George C. Wolfe’sMa Rainey’s Black Bottom, Lee Isaac Chung’sMinariand Regina King’sOne Night in Miamifor the honor.The Trial of the Chicago 7is also up for Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards, broadcasting Sunday, April 25.
Keaton has also been the subject of buzz about potentially reviving his titular Dark Knight from 1989’sBatmanand 1992’sBatman ReturnsinThe Flash. He toldDeadlinehe’s “needing a minute” toconsider the roleand the state of the COVID pandemic when it films in the U.K.
source: people.com
