following the nomination, Andrew said the nod helped to honor the legacy of playwright Jonathan Larson, the creator ofHe said:"This is the SAG Awards honoring him and his life and what he stood for, how he lived his devotion to the art of theater and storytelling."
"What he sang about was his artist community, who were all at that time going through this terrible AIDS epidemic and the terrible injustice of the Reagan administration and the tragedy that was befalling this community of artists in New York City and around the world," he continued."He was a generous advocate [and] revolutionary artist, so I feel like this nomination is really just another another way of giving Jon more life.
Andrew related this back to his own experiences of loss, opening up about the passing of his mother to pancreatic cancer in 2019."We don't often talk as openly or honestly about our grief and our losses," he said."It's been labeled as not as attractive as talking about our successes and joy, you know? But there's so much joy in talking about my mother. There's so much joy in sharing a community of consolation.
With a win at the golden globes and a SAG Award nomination now under his belt, the race to the Oscars is certainly heating up, with Andrew and Will Smith seemingly leading the pack.Both won the Golden Globe for Best Actor last week, albeit in different categories . A win at the SAG Awards could push one or the other ahead as the Oscars looms on the horizon at the end of March. Nominations will be announced on February 8.in 2017.
He kind of looks like he should play the neighbor in a show about nothing.
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