As the long road to the Oscars marches on, the identity of the eventual front-runners becomes ever-clearer. The Screen Actor Guild Awards are very important in establishing the front runner for Best Actor, Actress, and Supporting Actor and Actress. Often seen as the deciding vote, the SAG can all but make certain who the winner will be.
This is the third in a series of analyses dedicated to decoding the Oscars. Follow along as we predict who will be taking the stop spots come march, and who will be left wanting. Without further ado, the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2018 winners:
1. Best Actor – Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”
Oscar Chances: Like the character he portrayed, Oldman will be making a grand speech come March.
Why?: Only once since 1995 has an actor won the SAG, Critics’ Choice, and Golden Globe – Drama nomination, and then not gone on to win the Oscar. That was in 2001, and Russel Crowe went home trophy-less. That’s not going to happen again.
