It’s so annoying that Tom doesn’t get the recognition for his acting especially in Loki…I would love him to get more awards
I was hoping he could get that Emmy nom but now he is dropping out of the predictions. Maybe we will be surprised but I am not too hopeful. And after Shogun cheated its way into drama, that category will be as boring as in previous years.
But it seems British awards ignore him entirely. He was even ignored for The Night Manager at BAFTAs. I guess maybe, being successful in Hollywood in a big way somehow makes him less popular at home? He is not the only one and he is a very nice guy so not sure, I may just imagine things
Also, big off topic but Shogun is in my top 5 books. I read it first time when I was 12 and have read it multiple times since then. I hated how they handled it. The original adaptation with Richard Chamberlain was so much better, however they did change Blackthorne´s injury from temporary deafness to blindness...I remember having problem with it....and they totally ignored it here. If only it was the only problem with the current show... They cut or shortened pivotal scenes with Blackthorne, some of them were very impactful in the book and we know even from the rest of the Asian saga that he never got home. They left out his samurai title, how Toranaga chose him a wife, how he was considered Mariko´s partner...Toranaga was not even that prominent in the book! Here, you watch him stare into rain every five mnutes.
That said, Anna Sawai was wonderful as Mariko and she is the only character they made justice from the book. And as she became the most popular on the show, I am a bit worried they will screw up the book even more by keeping Mariko in some way bc the show would be half that good without Anna in it.
And btw. Cosmo Jarvis was really bad in some scenes that to see him being considered for some acting awards is almost laughable.