Frankie Corio (Aftersun)
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Felix Kammerer (All Quiet on the Western Front)
Thuso Mbedu (The Woman King)
Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
PAUL MESCAL (AFTERSUN)
Mescal obviously isn't a total out of nowhere this year because I first came to know him for his performance in 2020's series Normal People (he was my miniseries leading actor winner), however it is ok to award him here as 2022 marked his film debut year with multiple incredible feature films. I've chosen Aftersun as the representative for his work as it was the first film of his two released this year that I saw and got to appreciate his incredible work. He has showed again like he did in Normal People that he is of his generation the performer to watch and follow each career choice he will make from this point. In Aftersun he has a difficult role to play as on paper he must play both the father and the father through memory as this film is a memory piece. He succeeds extremely well in the role gifting us with one of the most exciting and surprising turns of the year.
Also an added note I must point out about Mescal's work is how of his first three films all are directed by women and that is an incredible feat. Some of the biggest male movie stars have added together maybe one film directed by a woman. This marks an exciting start for him and I hope he keeps up both his quality of choices and quality of performance with whatever project he makes next.
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