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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Entertainment
Sandra Mallon

Irish talent snubbed at the Critics Choice Awards after Golden Globe glory

Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin left the Critics Choice Award empty handed after being snubbed in every major category.

The highly talked about movie scored nine nominations at the 28th annual awards – but left with nothing.

The film was beaten in the best picture category by Everything Everywhere All At Once, and McDonagh also lost out to the sci-fi thriller's creators Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for best director.

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The film's star Colin Farrell - who won the Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy earlier this week - was beaten for the top acting award by Brendan Fraser.

Farrell and his co-star Brendan Gleeson did not attend the ceremony on Sunday after testing positive for Covid-19, according to reports by US media outlets.

Kerry Condon also lost out in the CCA best supporting actress to Black Panther star Angela Bassett.

The snub comes just days after The Banshees of Inisherin saw Colin take home the award for best performance by an actor in a motion picture musical or comedy at the Golden Globes – with his acceptance speech going viral.

McDonagh also went on to win the award for best screenplay for The Banshees Of Inisherin, thanking its stars as well as the wider cast.

The film also won in the best motion picture, musical or comedy category.

The only win for British talent came from Daniel Radcliffe, who won best actor in a limited series or movie made for television, for his performance in Weird: The Al Yankovic story.

The Harry Potter star, who plays the US musical comedian in his spoof biopic, was not present at the ceremony to collect the award.

In the television categories, Matt Smith and House Of The Dragon also lost out - with Smith beaten for best supporting actor in a drama series by Giancarlo Esposito.

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