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So is "Mary Poppins Returns" his ticket to the EGOT club ?

posted 8 years ago by petermiller1988
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He has the E(mmy), G(rammy), T(ony) covered so now all he needs is an Oscar and a supporting role in a beloved musical franchise directed by Rob Marshall who had directed 6 (!) Oscar nominated performances in musicals before (Chicago - Zellweger, Zeta-Jones, Latifah, Reilly; Nine - Cruz; Into the Woods - Streep), sure sounds like a likely route to the Oscar stage. Thoughts ?

P.S. I hope the film will turn out to be good so the so far (Oscar-wise) criminally overlooked Emily Blunt could get at least a nomination...preferably her second after this year's "The Girl on the Train".

[–] stephlem89 8 years ago

Actually, there's a very real chance he'll join the EGOT club even before Mary Poppins, as long as the music for Moana is up to his usual standard of excellence and one of the songs wins Best Song 

But dang, now that you mention it, if he won for Moana and Poppins did really well too and he were to get an Oscar for that, he would have:
- A Pulitzer
- An Emmy
- TWO Grammys
- FOUR (could even be 5) Tonys for himself personally (going on the assumption that he's got Best Book and Best Score in the bag this year )
- TWO Oscars

And all by the time he's 40!! Granted that's if the Oscar ones actually come to pass, but still... if it were to happen, that would be insane! But also well deserved, him being the genius and ridiculously hard worker that he is :)

Oh Bambi, I cried so hard when those hunters shot your mommy. - Kurt Hummel

[–] DorkoTheDorkLord 8 years ago

I think its more likely that he'd win for the music in Moana, being as Disney's recent slate of live action features have been of the "critical and audience successes, but not awards-level" variety.

[–] patrick_bateman_90029 8 years ago

I second that he'll definitely be the heavy favorite for Song for "Moana" this year.

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[–] wilhelmina99 8 years ago

He's an ICON! He will get the O(scar) for music. GO EGOT!!!

[–] Juliesef 7 years ago

I would love it if he got an EGOT.If anyone deservesome it, it's him. I just love him. :*)