Like Matthew McConaughey, Steve Carell seeks to give a 180 degree turn to his career and it is already sounding for the next awards season with his new film «foxcatcher«.
«foxcatcher»At first it was going to be released in 2014 and Steve Carell sounded for a possible nomination for the Oscar for best supporting actor but finally its premiere was postponed so it is now playing again for the next edition of the Academy Awards.
The actor has put aside his most comic side to bring to the screen much more colorful characters for the Hollywood academic, as is the case of John Eleuthere du Pont in "Foxcatcher," a billionaire who spent part of his life training promising young Olympic wrestlers and was jailed for murdering Dave Schultz, a fighter whom he trained and with whom he had a strong friendship, for no apparent reason.
But this is not the only role that could lead Steve Carell to fight for the Oscar, and it is that it has been announced that he will produce and star in another film that may be very much to the liking of the Academy, "Priority List", a film based on the memoirs of David Menasche, 'The Priority List: A Teacher's Final Quest to Discover Life's Greatest Lessons', a Miami high school teacher who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2006 giving him only a few months to live. His struggle, going through several surgeries and years of chemotherapy, has kept him alive today and has been teaching until 2012.
The history of David menasche It is very reminiscent of "Dallas Buyers Club" and could perfectly match the likes of the Academy, since Jean-Marc Vallée's film ended up getting six Oscar nominations and ended up winning three awards, including best actor for Matthew McConaughey.