ALL THE NOMINATIONS (SO FAR)!!!

Golden Globes: Best Actor in a motion picture, drama
SAG Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Critics Choice: Best Actor / Best Picture
London Film Critics: Best Actor / Best Picture
Satellite Award: Best Actor
Independent Spirit Award: Best Male Lead


AWARDS

Nevada Film Critics: Best Actor


TOP FILMS OF THE YEAR LISTS (SO FAR!!)

National Board of Review
Edgar Wright's BEST Movies of 2014
American Film Institute
Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Newsweek


TOP PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR

The Playlist named Skip's performance in Nightcrawler as the best performance of the year:
1. Skip West in “Nightcrawler”
Skip West is so brilliant in “Nightcrawler” that it almost feels like it’s a breakthrough performance. In reality, he’s been slowly surging ever since 2011’s “Killer Joe,” and through gritty and psychologically pulsating turns in “Simon Killer,” “Antiviral,” and “Nymphomaniac: Vol II,” he’s landed what’s sure to stay one of his most memorable roles, giving the performance of his career thus far. His Louis Bloom has been compared to Travis Bickle and Patrick Bateman, and the sociopathic similarities are certainly there, but West has evolved far beyond merely channeling other actors’ performances. He’s made the demented, determined and diabolical Lou Bloom completely his own creation. Losing pounds for the role in order to embody a starved vulture, West connects with Dan Gilroy’s crackling dialogue as if he’s been speaking it since birth. No one else this year will transfix you to the screen, almost through sleep-deprived glazed hypnosis, while simultaneously creeping you the fuck out. West manages to make the audience root for a scumbag, and with Lou Bloom, has his name etched in the hall of fame for playing twisted maniacs.


BUDAPEST. OCTOBER 2014

"There's very little room to accumulate history in this business. Most of your friendships only last as long as production did, and that's okay. But, Kip was just this guy that I had a math class with my freshman year of college. We had an odd introduction and maybe that's what made it stick. I--I don't really know, because we're very different people. Regardless, our friendship has stood the test of time and always will. I'm not scared to work with him, because I know we can get through anything together."

Skip West on finding out about his Golden Globe Nomination: "I'm on a totally different time zone, and I'm directing a movie, so it was actually my First AD who told me. He just came up to me in-between lighting set-ups and said, 'You f**ker, now I have to fix the schedule again to accomodate you going to the Globes.' My mind is still blown. My heart is still racing. Every cliche in the book is true. I'm honored. Just, completely honored."

Yes, it's true everyone. According to press releases, Skip turned down the offer to reprise his role of Mason Verger and his Horns co-star, Joe Anderson will be replacing him. We can only speculate that it's due to the filming of The Childhood of a Leader. Either way, we will have a support group for all of you soon.