The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
Emily Ratajkowski; Lola Kirk (as transcribed); Tyler Perry
In the discussion (4)
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- It is a crowded field: Tyler Perry qualifies, a candidate is noted as being in only about four scenes, Casey Wilson, and one host's personal choice Lola Kirk (as transcribed), Jemima Kirk's sister from Girls also seen in Mozart in the Jungle; Scoot McNary (as transcribed) as Tommy O'Hara, who tells Nick the whole story of their encounter in one harrowing, intense scene with the 'you do know your wife' line, is a literal heat check, something he keeps doing in ninety-second roles.
- Another host's obvious pick is Emily: her entire performance, with sincere admiration, is standing in the snow so Ben Affleck can rub her lips, sitting on a couch so he can take her dress off, mouthing 'fuck you' at the vigil, then dressing in a schoolgirl-innocent outfit for her press conference, so there is weirdly range in it; she is also fodder for the incredible underwear exchange between Nick and Go.
- Final positions: Emily is one pick, another goes Lola, and a third likes Tyler Perry's likable, funny performance ending with 'she got you, what are you going to do', which Wesley's piece sums up as one long 'y'all white people are crazy'.
- Earlier, during the scenes, Lola Kirk (as transcribed) was declared the runaway Dionne Waiters (as transcribed) winner unless someone wanted to have the Tyler Perry argument, for the pool scene and her memory of Affleck touching Emily's face.