THEncredible but true: at the ceremony of the Oscar 2022 there will be two pairs of actorsalso related in life, who hope to return to their respective homes with one double statuette.
It is about Penélope Cruz And Javier Bardem, nominated respectively for Madres paralelas And About the Ricardos, And Kirsten Dunst together with your partner Jesse Plemonsboth candidates for the same Jane Campion film The power of the dog. A real record.
Going back in time, other couples have tried win an Oscar in the same year, but without succeeding. As in 1940, when Vivien Leigh won the statuette for Gone With the Wind while her husband Laurence Olivier was nominated for Wuthering Heights. Or, more recently, in 2016, when Alicia Vikander triumphed with The Danish Girl and her husband Michael Fassbender was nominated for Steve Jobs.
However, no couple in the past has ever won the “Double” statuette and who knows: maybe this will be the right time for one of the two. To find out, we will have to wait for the March 27.
Oscars 2022: couples in nomination
Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem
It was the year 1992 when the two actors they met for the first time on the set of Ham ham by Bigas Luna. Both semi-rookies (she was only 18 years old), they spend a lot of time together, but the fateful spark does not go off.
The appointment is only postponed, however: in 2007 Penelope and Javier reunite on the set of the Woody Allen Vicky Cristina Barcelonawhich will not only win Penélope an Oscar, but will sanction the beginning of their love story.
Penelope and Javier
Always allergic to gossipthe two formalize their bond only In 2010 when Javier, in Cannes, dedicates words of love to her on stage after winning the Palme d’Or as best actor for Biutiful.
Alone two months later they get married and subsequently the children are born Leo And moon. Meanwhile, in these 12 years of relationship, they will act together again in Loving Pablo And Everybody knows.
On the 2022 Oscar nominations, “we were hugging in front of the TV»Declared Bardem a The Hollywood Reporter. “They mentioned my name first and I was delighted. But, at the same time, I was waiting for her because mine it wouldn’t make sense without his nomination. When they announced his candidacy we went wild on the sofa, it was wonderful. We started screaming aloud “Thanks Pedro! Thanks Aaron Sorkin!“”.
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons
After a troubled love life – including an on-off relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal – the actress of Marie Antoinette has finally found the love of life in the colleague Jesse Plemons.
The two meet on the set of the series Fargo in 2016. For the couple, love is overwhelming: less than two years later the firstborn is born Ennisfollowed three years later by his little brother James. The two also announced the marriagewhich will probably happen a late 2022.
Kirsten and Jesse, a couple in life and on the set.
Both are in nomination for the same film, The power of the dog – where they play a couple – and Kirsten expressed all her joy, telling a Variety the incredible morning.
“I was scrolling through the feeds on my phone because the kids were watching cartoons and Jesse was at work, ”explained the actress. «My manager calls me and tells me that I’ve been nominated. Then he adds “Jesse too ... ” I have started screamingI hung up without him finishing talking and immediately called Jesse on the phone. It’s like a storybookone true fairytale“.
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