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Oscars 2015: Mr Turner star Timothy Spall admits 'disappointment' at snub

The actor was snubbed by the Academy and Bafta despite rave reviews

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Timothy Spall at a press screening for Mr Turner Getty Images

Timothy Spall has spoken out about his much-discussed Oscars snub, admitting he was “disappointed” when the nominations were announced.

The Mr Turner star won best actor at Cannes last summer for his role as the famous painter in Mike Leigh’s acclaimed biopic.

But 2015 has let the film down, despite Spall earning rave reviews and being hotly-tipped for Academy Awards success.

“I was disappointed,” he told the Evening Standard. “I think a lot of people were expecting me to be nominated and then all of a sudden you find yourself getting swept up thinking that might happen and then it doesn’t and then you just let it go.”

Spall was quick to add that he had no hard feelings towards the other nominees. “It’s other people’s time and they will be feeling good,” he said. “But merely to be even discussed means somewhere along the line people are taking notice.”

The 57-year-old had his moment at last night’s London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, where he won best British actor. “You get enough kicks in the arse so it is nice to get a few nods of approval,” he joked.

Oscars 2015 nominations

Oscars 2015 nominations

  • 1/28 Birdman - 10 nominations

    Academy Award nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone), Best Actor (Michael Keaton), Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Cinematography, Original Screenplay, Best Director (Alejandro González Iñárritu)

    Rex

  • 2/28 The Grand Budapest Hotel - 10 nominations

    Academy Award nominated for Best Director (Wes Anderson), Best Picture, Film Editing, Production Design, for Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, Cinematography, Original Screenplay, Original Score

    Martin Scali

  • 3/28 The Imitation Game - 8 nominations

    Academy Award nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Best Supporting Actor ( Keira Knightley) Best Director (Morten Tyldum), Film Editing, Production Design, Adapted Screenplay, Original Score

    Snap Stills/REX

  • 4/28 American Sniper - 6 nominations

    Oscar nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Bradley Cooper), Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Adapted Screenplay

    Warner Bros

  • 5/28 Boyhood - 6 nominations

    Academy Award nominated for Best Picture, Actress in Supporting role (Patricia Arquette) Film Editing, Best Director (Richard Linklater), Original Screenplay

  • 6/28 Whiplash - 5 nominations

    Academy Award nominated for Best Picture, Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Adapted Screenplay

    AP

  • 7/28 The Theory of Everything - 5 nominations

    Oscar nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Eddie Redmayne), Best Actress (Felicity Jones), Adapted Screenplay, Original Score

    Working Title Films

  • 8/28 Foxcatcher - 5 nominations

    Oscar nominated for Best Director (Bennett Miller), Best Actor (Steve Carrell), Original Screenplay, Makeup and Hairstyling

    YouTube

  • 9/28 Selma - 2 nominations

    Oscar nominated for Best Picture and Best Original Song

    Paramount Pictures

  • 10/28 Mr Turner

    Oscar nominated for Production Design, Costume Design, Cinematography, Original Score

  • 11/28 Wild

    Reese Witherspoon is Oscar-nominated for best actress in a leading role and Laura Dern is nominated for best supporting actress

  • 12/28 Two Days, One Night

    Marion Cotillard has been nominated in the best actress category

    film still

  • 13/28 Nightcrawler

    Oscar nominated for Original Screenplay

    AP

  • 14/28 Gone Girl

    Rosamund Pike is Oscar nominated for best actress in a leading role

    Twentieth Century Fox

  • 15/28 Interstellar

    Nominated for Visual Effects, Sound Editing, Production Design, Sound Mixing, Original Score

    Warner Bros

  • 16/28 Still Alice

    Best actress in a leading role nomination for Julianne Moore

  • 17/28 The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies

    Oscar nominated for Sound Editing

    Warner Bros

  • 18/28 Into The Woods

    Oscar nominated for Production Design, Costume Design, Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep)

    PA/Disney

  • 19/28 Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    Robert Redford and Chris Evans film is nominated for Special Effects

    AP

  • 20/28 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

    Nominated for an Oscar in the Visual Effects category

    20th Century Fox

  • 21/28 The Lego Movie

    Oscar nominated for best song 'Everything Is Awesome' but snubbed in best animation category

    Rex Features

  • 22/28 X-Men, Days of the Future Past

    Oscar nominated in the Visual Effects category

    Alan Markfield / 2013 Marvel & Subs / 20th Century Fox Film Corp.

  • 23/28 Begin Again

    Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo in Begin Again which is Oscar nominated for best original song

    ©Weinstein Company/Everett/REX

  • 24/28 Guardians Of The Galaxy

    Nominated for Visual Effects, for Makeup and Hairstyling

    AP Photo/Disney-Marvel

  • 25/28 Unbroken

    Oscar nominated for Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Cinematography

    Rex Features

  • 26/28 How To Train Your Dragon 2

    Oscar nominated for Animated Feature Film

  • 27/28 Maleficent

    Oscar nominated for Costume Design

    © Disney Enterprises, Inc.

  • 28/28 Inherent Vice

    Oscar nominated for Adapted Screenplay

    Warner Bros

Richard Linklater won best director and best film for Boyhood, while Michael Keaton and Julianne Moore took home the best actor and actress gongs for Birdman and Still Alice.

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