Colin Farrell Wins SAG Award for ‘The Penguin’ After Jamie Lee Curtis Calls Him Out for Giving Her COVID: ‘Guilty as Charged’
Colin Farrell just took home his first SAG Award. On Sunday night, the actor won best actor in a limited series for his role in Max’s “The Penguin.”
Jamie Lee Curtis presented the award, and when she opened the envelope, she read, “And the Actor goes to… the man who gave me covid at the Golden Globes: Colin Farrell.” Once up on stage, Farrell responded with, “Guilty as charged. But Brendan Gleeson fucking gave it to me! So I was just spreading the love.”
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Farrell’s win comes on the heels of his Golden Globe win for the titular role, and both Farrell and co-star Cristin Milioti took home Critics’ Choice Awards for their roles.
Following his Globes win, Farrell was asked about joining Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix, who previously portrayed DC villain Joker in “The Dark Knight” and “Joker,” respectively.
“You mentioned two actors who are, I think, for my money, two of the most extraordinarily talented and gifted and just brilliant artists in films that I’ve ever had the fortune to observe and be affected by,” he said in the press room at the time. “What Heath did in Chris Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ was extraordinary, and will will live on for future generations. And what [Phoenix] did with the Joker was as as exemplified by all the awards that he won, in the Oscars. It was extraordinary.”
Farrell was nominated alongside Javier Bardem for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” Kevin Kline for “Disclaimer,” Andrew Scott for “Ripley” and Richard Gadd for “Baby Reindeer.”
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