“By far the greatest supporting role of the year”: 1 Robert De Niro Movie is Internet’s Top Choice for the Oscars
One of the most influential actors in the industry, Robert De Niro is known for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Martin Scorsese and their recent collaboration has been Killers of the Flower Moon starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Brendan Fraser, and Jesse Plemons, etc. The epic western crime drama is based on the non-fiction book by David Grann of the same name. Scorsese co-wrote the script of the movie with Eric Roth.
Killers of the Flower Moon is the tenth collaboration between the respected filmmaker and the actor and upon its release the movie received worldwide critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay, performances, and musical score. The audiences have praised De Niro for his exceptional performance as William King Hale. Let’s see what they have to say.
Robert De Niro compared his character William Hale to Donald Trump
Actor Robert De Niro plays the character of William Hale, a prominent landowner on the Osage Indian Reservation who before orchestrating a series of murders in the Osage community to gain control of their oil land makes sure the community trusts him enough. He is the uncle of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Ernest Burkhart who is used as a pawn in the murders.
The movie premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival where De Niro stated via EW,
“I don’t understand a lot about him. But people do things. He has to be charming, he has to win people over. Part of him is sincere. It’s just that other part where he’s betraying the Osage community. There’s a feeling of entitlement. I guess you could say we became a lot more aware of it after George Floyd, with systemic racism.”
Recently, at the Gotham Awards, Robert De Niro led an eventful Killers of the Flower Moon tribute until he realized that a part of his speech was edited out without his knowledge. He said via Deadline,
“The beginning of my speech was edited out, cut out. I didn’t know about it. And I want to read it. History isn’t history anymore. Truth is not truth. Even facts are being replaced by alternative facts and driven by conspiracy theories and ugliness. Lying has become just another tool in the charlatans’ arsenal. The former president lied to us more than 30,000 times during his four years in office and he’s keeping up the pace in his current campaign of retribution.”
De Niro noted,
“But with all his lies, he can’t hide his soul. He attacks the weak, destroys the gifts of nature and shows disrespect. Filmmakers on other hand aim for truth. We are telling stories about real people.”
The actor mentioned during his speech that Martin Scorsese has illuminated the lessons of history with fascinating and absorbing stories and treats his subjects with honesty and respect.
Fans name Robert De Niro’s William Hale as ‘greatest supporting role of the year’
The actor who is known as one of the most influential actors in the industry was highly praised for his acting skills in the movie and the fans instantly called his character one of the greatest supporting roles of the year. A user online wrote,
“I know there is more interesting narratives or whatever but De Niro as William Hale is for me, by far the greatest supporting role of the year.” Another user wrote, “He gave the best performance of that movie, that’s for f***king sure. Sheer evil, terrifying, but subtle about it.”
I know there is more interesting narratives or whatever (Riverdale to Haynes, Downey Jr making real movies again, etc) but De Niro as William Hale is for me, by far the greatest supporting role of the year. pic.twitter.com/VHMs9q9lNe
— v.g (@insufficentfund) December 3, 2023
He gave the best performance of that movie, that’s for fuckin sure. Sheer evil, terrifying, but subtle about it.
— Matt (@realmattcooke) December 3, 2023
In my opinion, this is the strongest competition for the best supporting actor Oscar in years. As of now, 3 absolutely essential, brilliant, memorable performances in 3 of the best films of the year from RDJ, De Niro, and Melton. All richly deserving.
— Jonathan Ramirez (@greensbeans62) December 3, 2023
A third user commented, “In my opinion, this is the strongest competition for the best supporting actor Oscar in years. As of now 3 absolutely essential, brilliant, memorable performances in 3 of the best films of the years from RDJ, De Niro and Melton. All richly deserving.”
The devil personified. He is as good as he's ever been
— Tomás Cullen (@hadriewyn) December 3, 2023
Yeah it’s unfair how he can just turn it on like that. He was incredible
— Stephen Jenkins, MD 🦦 (@sjenkinsmd) December 4, 2023
He was born to play this role
— matthew ozuna (@mgozuna7) December 4, 2023
A user noted, “The devil personified. He is as good as he’s ever been” while someone else mentioned that he was born to play this role.
