Oscar Actors: Del Toro, Benicio–2025 Best Year? “The Phoenician Scheme” and “One Battle After Another”

The great actor, Oscar winner Benicio del Toro (Traffic in 2000), returns to working with two of his frequent collaborators, both named Anderson, and Oscar buzz is already in the air.

My Oscar Book:

First, del Toro is in Wes Anderson for The Phoenician Scheme, following their 2021 project The French Dispatch.

The new movie just premiered at Cannes Fest (in competition) to mixed reviews, though even Anderson’s detractors praised del Toro’s solid performance in it.

Del Toro plays Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe and father to Mia Threapleton’s character, Sister Liesl.

Then Del Toro will be reuniting with Inherent Vice director Paul Thomas Anderson in One Battle After Another, set to be released on Sep. 26 (after playing the major fall festivals?).

“I haven’t seen the final project, the final cut of the film. I saw parts of it. It’s PTA at his best and with two of my favorite actors. I’m a fan,” he said.
The film will be led by DiCaprio, who del Toro says “he’s fantastic in it and at it. And so is Sean Penn. They’re both fantastic and it’s a fun ride, you know.”

The film stars DiCaprio as a civil rights activist who joins an anti-government group to combat an “alt-right” white supremacist organization.

Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, and Alana Haim co-star as DiCaprio’s fellow activists; Sean Penn, who also had iconic supporting role in “Licorice Pizza,” plays a white nationalist leader.

Shayna McHale, Wood Harris, and actress Chase Infiniti, who plays DiCaprio’s onscreen daughter, also star.

One Battle After Another premieres in theaters September 26 from Warner Bros.

 

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