Leonardo DiCaprio suffered an all-too predictable Oscar heartbreak in 2014, missing out on the Best Actor prize - again - this time to Matthew McConaughey. In those years he lost out to Jamie Foxx in ‘Ray’ and Forest Whitaker in ‘The Last King of Scotland’.
Only occasionally does Oscar really intersect with the blockbuster community. ‘Titanic’, ‘Avatar’, ‘Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King’ and ‘Forrest Gump’ are some of the few recent smash hits which also got some awards love. Tom Cruise – despite an incredibly varied and interesting filmography, is the very definition of mainstream. People forget that he’s worked with everyone from Paul Thomas Anderson and Michael Mann to Martin Scorsese and Stanley fricking Kubrick.
Why can’t the Most Bankable Man in Hollywood take home its top honour? Let’s get jiggy with the facts…