Tom Hanks's depiction of Elvis Presley's former manager in Baz Luhrmann's biopic about the music legend is cruel and corrupt, according to the 2023 Razzie Awards.
Ahead of Sunday's Oscars ceremony, which is set to celebrate the best films of the past year, the Razzie Awards took place on Saturday, calling out the worst.
Despite the Forest Gump actor's legacy of Oscar-winning roles, many critics and fans condemned Hanks's performance in Elvis, particularly his accent.
The Razzies named Hanks the worst supporting actor. He and the latex face he wore in the film also picked up the award for worst screen combo.
Biographical drama Blonde, starring Ana de Armas as Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, was awarded Razzies for both worst picture and screenplay.
De Armas, however, is in the running for best actress for the role at Sunday's Academy Awards.
Also taking home Razzies were Jared Leto, who played Michael Morbius, and Adria Arjona, who played Dr Martine Bancroft, in the Sony Marvel film Morbius. They were named worst actor and worst supporting actress.
The Redeemer Award, which is granted to a previous Razzie contender who has redeemed themselves, went to Colin Farrell for the Oscar-nominated film The Banshees of Inisherin.
In 2004, Farrell was nominated in the Razzie worst actor category for Winter's Tale, but now that he is a best actor frontrunner for his leading role in the Irish black comedy, he has escaped from Razzie prison.
Finally, the Razzies awarded itself the worst actress award after it nominated 12-year-old Firestarter actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong for a Razzie.
After allegations of bullying, Armstrong was later removed from the Razzie ballot.
The Razzies, the self-described ugly cousin to the Oscars, started in 1980 as the Golden Raspberry Awards, created by UCLA film school graduates and film industry veterans John JB Wilson and Mo Murphy.
More than 1,100 Razzie members from across the United States and about two dozen other countries vote on the awards.
Here is the full list of winners:
Worst Picture
- Blonde
- Disney's Pinocchio
- Good Mourning
- The King's Daughter
- Morbius
Worst Actor
- Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly)/Good Mourning
- Pete Davidson (Voice Only)/Marmaduke
- Tom Hanks (As Gepetto)/Disney's Pinocchio
- Jared Leto/Morbius
- Sylvester Stallone/Samaritan
Worst Actress
- Ryan Kiera Armstrong/Firestarter (Removed)
- Bryce Dallas Howard/Jurassic Park: Dominion
- Diane Keaton/Mack & Rita
- Kaya Scodelario/The King's Daughter
- Alicia Silverstone/The Requin
- The Razzies
Worst Remake/Rip-off/Sequel
- Blonde
- BOTH 365 Days Sequels – 365 Days: This Day & The Next 365 Days [a Razzie BOGO]
- Disney's Pinocchio
- Firestarter
- Jurassic World: Dominion
Worst Supporting Actor
- Pete Davidson (Cameo Role)/Good Mourning
- Tom Hanks/Elvis
- Xavier Samuel/Blonde
- Mod Sun/Good Mourning
- Evan Williams/Blonde
Worst Supporting Actress
- Adria Arjona/Morbius
- Lorraine Bracco (Voice Only)/Disney's Pinocchio
- Penelope Cruz/The 355
- Fan Bingbing/The 355 & The King's Daughter
- Mira Sorvino/Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
Worst Screen Combo
- Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun/Good Mourning
- Both Real Life Characters in the Fallacious White House Bedroom Scene/Blonde
- Tom Hanks & His Latex-Laden Face (and Ludicrous Accent)/Elvis
- Andrew Dominik & His Issues with Women/Blonde
- The Two 365 Days Sequels (both released in 2022)
Worst Director
- Judd Apatow/The Bubble
- Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun/Good Mourning
- Andrew Dominik/Blonde
- Daniel Espinosa/Morbius
- Robert Zemeckis/Disney's Pinocchio
Worst Screenplay
- Blonde/Written for the Screen by Andrew Dominik — Adapted from the "Bio-Novel" by Joyce Carol Oates
- Disney's Pinocchio/Screenplay by Robert Zemeckis & Chris Weitz — Not Authorised by the Estate of Carlo Collodi
- Good Mourning/"Written" by Machine Gun Kelly & Mod Sun
- Jurassic World: Dominion/Screenplay by Emily Carmichael & Colin Trevorrow, Story by Colin Trevorrow & Derek Connolly
- Morbius/Screen Story and Screenplay by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless
Redeemer award
- Colin Farrell (From 2004 Worst Actor nominee to 2022 Best Actor Oscar Front-Runner)
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