Squid Game: Can Lee Jung-jae beat the guys from Succession to Critics Choice?

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One of the stars of 2021, Lee Jung-jae of Netflix’s “Squid Game”, was recently recognized by the Critics Choice Awards with a nomination for Best Dramatic Actor. To win the trophy, the Korean star will have to defeat the double “Succession” of Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox, who lead the Gold Derby predictions to first and second, respectively. Could there be a split-vote scenario that could help Jung-jae clinch victory at his very first American awards show?

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While the split of votes is sometimes a factor that can affect co-stars’ chances of winning awards, it hasn’t necessarily stopped the “succession” tracks. Both times Strong and Cox faced off (at the 2020 Emmy Awards and the 2020 Satellite Awards), Strong won enough votes to take out Cox. Elsewhere, Strong prevailed at the 2020 Critics Choice Awards when Cox failed to secure a nomination, and Cox triumphed at the 2020 Golden Globes when Strong was overlooked.

Jung-jae plays hapless father Seong Gi-hun on the Netflix hit, who agrees to participate in the deadly games in order to earn money to support his family. The actor is one of the most sought-after stars in South Korea, best known for his work in “The Thieves”, “New World”, “The Face Reader”, “Assassination”, the series “Along with the Gods “and” Deliver us from evil. ” Jung-jae recently told me in our roundtable interview that Gi-hun was an “attractive role” to play because “there are so many roller coasters of different emotions and the character is growing so much.” “Squid Game” is also shortlisted for Drama and Foreign Language Series at the Critics Choice Awards.

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The “succession” returned this fall after taking a year off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He returned to the fighting spirit, with the central Roy family engaged in a civil war as Kendell (Strong) accused his father Logan (Cox) of knowing about his company’s crimes. In total, “Succession” won eight Critics Choice nominations: Drama Series, Lead Actor (Strong and Cox), Supporting Actor (Nicholas Braun, Kieran Culkin, and Matthew Macfadyen), and Supporting Actress (J. Smith-Cameron and Sarah Snook).

Besides Jung-jae, Strong and Cox, the other 2022 Critics Choice Awards nominees are Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”), Mike Colter (“Evil”) and Billy Porter (“Pose”). The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on January 9, but due to the Omicron variant it has been postponed to an unknown future date.

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