Among the many running themes of this year’s awards season has been the very British battle between The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game, particularly the ongoing head-to-head clashes of stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne in the lead actor categories.
Thursday’s Oscar nominations were — predictably — no different, throwing these two well-heeled Brits together for a final glittering showdown to be held in Hollywood next month, just a few weeks after they face off on home soil at the BAFTAs.
Redmayne drew first blood in the awards season showdown of the British stars, by winning at the Golden Globes.
But the two still seem difficult to separate – both getting their first nominations from the Academy and from BAFTA, both appearing in quintessentially English films and both playing iconic figures from the world of science battling intense personal traumas.
