Tom Hanks is among the favorites for the 2023 Razzie Awards, an awards show that annually “rewards” the worst in Hollywood.
The Razzie Awards, which award trophies each year to the worst Hollywood has produced, unveiled the 2023 nominees on Monday. If Blonde, a film by Andrew Dominik freely inspired by the life of Marilyn Monroe, wins as the big favorite with eight nominations, Tom Hanks has the disgrace of appearing in no less than three categories.
The actor was shortlisted by the organizers of these satirical trophies in the categories Worst Actor (for his role as Gepetto in the Disney remake of Pinocchio), Worst Supporting Actor (for his role as manager of Elvis Presley in the biopic Elvis), and worst screen couple (duet with “his latex-laden face and his ridiculous accent”), always for Elvis.
“The most widely derided performance of the year”
According to a statement from the organizers of the Razzies, in the film Elvis, Tom Hanks reportedly delivered the “most widely derided performance of 2022”. WhileElvis and actor Austin Butler have been widely acclaimed (the latter recently won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for this role), Tom Hanks has drawn the wrath of critics.
Pinocchio by Disney is also among the five films in the running for the Razzie of the “worst film” alongside “Blonde”.
The “Golden Raspberry Awards”, the official name of the Razzies, were invented in a Los Angeles living room in 1981 by former film students and Hollywood professionals.
The Razzies are usually announced the day before the Academy Awards. The lucky winners receive a trophy representing a raspberry the size of a golf ball placed on a reel of Super 8 film.
See the full list of nominees:
worst movie
Blonde hair
Pinocchio
Good Morning
The Moon and the Sun
Morbius
Worst actor
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) – Good Morning
Pete Davidson (only his voice) – Marmaduke
Tom Hanks- Pinocchio
Jared Leto – Morbius
Sylvester Stallone- the samaritan
Worst remake/plagiarism/sequel
Blonde hair
The TWO suites of 365 days
Pinocchio
Firestarter
Jurassic World: The World After
Worst Supporting Actress
Adria Arjona- Morbius
Lorraine Bracco (only her voice) – Pinocchio
Penelope Cruz- 355
Fan Bingbing- 355 and The Moon and the Sun
Mira Sorvino- Lamborghini
Worst Supporting Actor
Pete Davidson- Good Morning
Tom Hanks- Elvis
Xavier Samuel – Blonde hair
Mod Sun – Good Morning
Evan Williams- Blonde hair
Worst On-Screen Couple
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun – Good Morning
The two real characters in the spurious White House bedroom scene – Blonde hair
Tom Hanks and his latex-laden face and ridiculous accent – Elvis
Andrew Dominik and his problems with women – Blonde hair
The two suites of 365 days
Worst director
Judd Apatow- The bubble
Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) and Mod Sun – Good Morning
Andrew Dominik- Blonde hair
Daniel Espinosa- Morbius
Robert Zemeckis- Pinocchio
worst case scenario
Blonde hair – written for the screen by Andrew Dominik, adapted from the book by Joyce Carol Oates
Pinocchio – Screenplay by Robert Zemeckis & Chris Weitz
(Not authorized by the heirs of Carlo Collodi)
Good Morning – “written” by Machine Gun Kelly & Mod Sun
Jurassic World: The World After – screenplay by Emily Carmichael & Colin Treverrow, story by Treverrow and Derek Connolly
Morbius – Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless
