Actor Josh O’Connor said he doesn’t mind that “Challengers” didn’t receive any Academy Awards nominations.
“All the nominations are so good this year,” O’Connor told IndieWire in an interview published Sunday. “There’s so many great films, but then I do think that every year. I’m always amazed what artists create. I don’t mind.”
“Challengers,” a 2024 film set in the tennis world starring O’Connor, Zendaya and Mike Faist, was shut out of the 2025 Oscars despite positive critical reviews. “Challengers” won Best Score at the Golden Globes in January, as well as other film awards, including from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. The movie’s music is also nominated for a Grammy and Critics’ Choice Award.
Instead of “Challengers,” the Academy nominated “The Brutalist,” “Conclave,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Wicked” and “The Wild Robot” for Best Score this year.
O’Connor, who was at the Sundance Film Festival promoting his newest movie, “Rebuilding,” told IndieWire that he’s lucky he got to make two movies that he loves in 2024: “La Chimera” and “Challengers.”
“I’m just so thrilled that people like them and got to see them,” he said.
O’Connor also addressed rumors that he would be the next James Bond, telling Deadline on Saturday, “If I am Bond, I don’t know about it.”
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