Despite Winning a Historic 17 Oscars, LOTR Fan Shares 9 Lord of the Rings Actors Who Were Snubbed for Their Performance

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Eleonora Bader
Apr 12, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

Tsk, tsk, some people were snubbed, huh? Well, it depends on how you look at it.

Firstly, an obligatory 'The LOTR trilogy was amazing'. From the breathtaking landscapes of New Zealand to the awe-inspiring portrayal of characters by an exceptional ensemble cast, every aspect of the trilogy was meticulously brought to life by the one and only, Peter Jackson. It's no wonder that the films garnered a staggering 17 Academy Awards, sweeping across categories like Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

But one LOTR fan wasn't satisfied and offered his opinion on r/lotr, claiming that lots of actors were snubbed despite their outstanding performance. Alright, I'm listening. Scroll down to read the list of actors along with a very good explanation for why they should have won an Oscar. Some were indeed nominated, but being nominated isn't the same as winning, right?

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    Despite winning a historic 17 Oscars, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy is home to many of the worst Oscar snubs too. Here are some of them:
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    'Sean Astin as Sam in The Return of the King (2003) should've been nominated and should've won Best Supporting Actor. One of the most egregious snubs in Oscars history.'

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    'Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf in The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) should've won Best Supporting Actor. Most people are still baffled that this was not an Oscar-winning performance.'

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    'Sean Bean as Boromir in The Fellowship of the Ring (2003) should've been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. He ran the full gamut of Men's capacity for evil and for good.'

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    'Elijah Wood as Frodo in The Fellowship of the Ring (2003) should've been nominated for Best Lead Actor. He so powerfully yet silently portrays Frodo's pain and burden.'

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    'Andy Serkis in The Return of the King (2003) should've been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. It should have been the first (mostly) motion capture Oscar nominated performance.'

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    'Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in The Return of the King (2003) should've been nominated for Best Lead Actor. So many Oscar clips and too many all-time great line deliveries.'

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    'Sir Christopher Lee should've been nominated at least once as Saruman. That he passed away without a single Oscar nomination in his life disgraces the Oscars forever.'

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    'Cate Blanchett in The Fellowship of the Ring for Best Supporting Actress. If Judi Dench could win for a 5-minute cameo, why no nod for what is still Cate's most iconic performance?'

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    'Miranda Otto as Eowyn in The Return of the King (2003) should've been nominated Best Supporting Actress. Her portrayal of utter fear, and the ultimate courage, was powerful.'

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    fergie0044 •2d ago The Academy is generally uninterested in genre films (i.e. fantasy) so the fact that LotR got 17 is already a miracle in itself. 1.4K Reply ↑ Share ... Koreander 2d ago They only got them (mostly at least) in ROTK after both fellowship and two towers proved to be such excellent films that they were basically not allowed to ignore them anymore, the three movies are almost equally as good yet ROTK won so many more awards that it's the only explanation I can find. ↑ 506 Reply ↑ S
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    Entire Elk_2814 • 2d ago It's fairly common to award oscars to people because they missed out last year for one reason or another. 152 152 Reply ↑ Share persona1138 • 2d ago As someone who is friends with a few Academy members, the general consensus at the time among them was that they wanted to wait until ROTK to give the LOTR movies the major awards because they wanted to see, quote, "if Jackson stuck the landing." And he did.
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    So the awards ROTK got were definitely viewed by many Academy members as rewarding the entire trilogy. ...It's just a shame that Fellowship lost to A Beautiful Mind. (And I personally think Master and Commander deserved Best Picture over ROTK... But I'm still happy that ROTK won.) 114 Reply ↑ Share ...
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    thewend 2d ago You cant just nominate... everything I only agree with Gandalf, who was 100% perfect, as Sir lan McKellen usually is. 571 ☐ Reply ↑ Share ... Dawn_of_Enceladus 2d ago For real, lan McKellen not getting it for playing Gandalf is the only one I still can't believe. 114 Reply ↑ Share ...
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    stefani1034 2d ago As amazing as everyone was I think this is kind of a stretch 334 Reply ↑ Share WaffleKing110 • 2d ago Every actor should've been nominated for every role. Only LotR actors are truly elite. Surely whoever else got the nominations would understand that they all should have gone to LotR actors. 59 Reply ↑ Share GingerSkulling ⚫ 2d ago Not only the nominations, but the awards as well. And if there are more actors than awards, they should have won them in the following years even i
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    radclaw1 • 2d ago 1000% percent. I love these movies but the acting can be a little over the top and..., too dramatic. Not sure that's the right word but I'm rewatching them after reading the books for the first time and the performances are hammed up to 11. If you connect with them it hits, but there was some cheesiness even back when these movies released. Again I love these movies but to say that some of these performances should beat some of the real emotion that got nominated in these years
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    doomed to never be nominated for stuff like this. Honestly, like everyone has said here, it's a miracle that the Academy handed out 17 awards to LOTR is a miracle in itself. At the end of the day it's a combination of a popularity contest and whatever the Academy wants to give out. At the end of the day it's an opinion of a small group of people so....who cares? 20 Reply ↑ Share ...
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    Djafar79 •2d ago • Edited 2d ago If you're gonna do this, at least be fair about it and post who they were up against. For example, Sean Bean wasn't snubbed. He simply wasn't better than Jim Broadbent, lan McKellen (!), Ben Kingsley, Jon Voight or Ethan Hawke. By saying that he was snubbed you refuse to acknowledge the great actors in other great movies they were in. And with McKellen already nominated you're pretty much saying you want two actors from LOTR TFOTR nominated in the same category.
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    KaedenJayce • 2d ago I can't agree with this more. This feels like he just wanted every lotr actor to win. That's just not going to happen realistically even though the performances may have been great. 133 Reply ↑ Share ... ZagratheWolf ⚫2d ago Gandalf the Grey Also, as much as I love the movies and the actors, I really can't see a lot of the characters being Oscar- worthy. Being memorable isn't enough to win awards 43 Reply ↑ Share
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    BlackshirtDefense • 2d ago The LOTR movies are incredible, but they had some stiff competition. The films below were all nominated - or won - Oscars in the major categories such as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor/Actress, and Best Screenplay. ROTK objectively had maybe the weakest field of competition, and of course, it absolutely slaughtered the Oscars that year. I also feel like once FOTR came out, Hollywood had a sense these films would be epic and they saved up the major awards for t
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    TTT: Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Pianist, Catch Me If You Can, My Big Fat Greek Wedding ROTK: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World, Seabiscuit, Lost In Translation, The Last Samurai You also have to wonder if other studios knew that the success of FOTR and TTT was going to propel ROTK into the stratosphere. The Harry Potter and Pirates series were already in place by the time of ROTK, but after LOTR finished it's theatrical run
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    Naturalnumbers • 2d ago Cringe. 52 52 Reply ↑ Share tomandshell • 2d ago Ian McKellen wasn't snubbed. He was nominated. 25 Reply ↑ Share Rilo44 2d ago OP is saying he should have won, which I do agree with. 17 Reply ↑ Share
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    Jonathon_G 2d ago It's almost like some people have different opinions when it comes to incredibly subjective things like what art is better 21 Reply ↑ Share ... + 2 more replies PrivacylsRaked ⚫ 2d ago How the you gonna disrespect King Theodan of Rohan? Where's his Oscar? This is war. DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEATH! 19 Reply ↑ Share ...
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    ZOSOVII 2d ago Maybe this is sarcastic but if not, most of those takes are completely delusional. I love those movies with every cell of my body, but it is not about individual performance. The movies have already been recognized beyond anything we could have predicted. No need to nominate Cate Blanchette for a couple of sentences and glaring at us several times. 14 Reply ↑ Share ...
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    MrBlonde 1984 • 2d ago Hot take andy Serkis is the only one who really deserved a oscar. Everyone else was great but he turned gollum into a physical being. 42 Reply ↑ Share
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    Ysara 2d ago According to Reddit, the Oscars should have been closed down after Return of the King and replaced with a banner that just shows Rotk with "Bestest Movie Ever." 171 Reply ↑ Share CharlesKelly123 • 2d ago Honestly true 34 Reply ↑ Share ... derpthedork ⚫2d ago The Oscars should be closed down in general but for other reasons... what a circle k. 수 18 Reply ↑ Share ...
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