TV awards: Shogun wins the small screen battle at the Golden Globes
Shogun dominated the small screen awards at this year’s Golden Globes.
The period Samurai epic won in all four categories it was nominated for on Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
Film News Blitz’s David Bason unpicks Shogun’s prize-winning night.
Shogun’s big night
After making Emmy’s history with the largest awards haul in the event’s history - 18 - Shogun came into this year’s Golden Globes as the hot favourite.
The FX series based on James Clavell's 1975 historical novel took home the prizes for Best Television Series and three acting prizes in the Drama category.
The effortlessly cool Hiroyuki Sanada won Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series, Anna Sawai won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series and finally, Tadanobu Asano won Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television and gave perhaps the best speech of the night.
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Beaming from ear to ear, Asano said: “So maybe you don’t know me. I’m an actor from Japan. My name is Tadanobu Asano. Wow!
“Thank you so much,” Asano continued.
“Thank you so much! [I'm currently] filming, I have to go back to Tokyo tonight.
“Tomorrow morning, I go shooting again. But, this is a very big present for me! Thank you so much.
“Thank you Shōgun team. Thank you everyone. I’m very happy!”
Short and sweet and wrought with genuine emotion, Asano rightly earned a rousing round of applause from his peers after winning his first-ever Golden Globes nomination.
Notable TV victors at the Golden Globes
In comedy, Hacks won Best Television Series with its lead Jean Smart winning the Best Performance by a Female Actor.
Jeremy Allen White won Best Performance by a Male Actor in Comedy for the third consecutive year thanks to his lead performance in The Bear, but missed out on the night as he’s busy starring as Bruce Springsteen in the biopic, Deliver Me From Nowhere.
Netflix’s Baby Reindeer won Best Television Limited Series and star Jessica Gunning picked up the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television award for her incredible performance in the surprise hit.
Colin Farrell: ‘It takes a village’
Elsewhere, Jodie Foster won Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series for her performance in True Detective: Night Country and Colin Farrell won Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series for his incredible turn in the lead role of The Penguin.
In his winning speech, Farrell complimented his creative collaborators who helped bring the performance to life.
“I’m here on the backs of the talents of so many people through the years,” Farrell said.
“Maybe this one more than others, because of Mike Marino who designed the makeup [and] his extraordinary makeup team,” he added.
“All it took was three hours in the chair in the morning; I drank black coffee, listened to 80s music, and became a canvas for that team’s brilliance… Yeah, I guess it’s prosthetics from here on out.”
The humble star continued, saying “It takes a village”.
Just as he was set to wrap up his speech, Farrell’s eyes lit up as he blurted out: “Oh! Craft service! … Carolina – on those cold winter nights in New York where I was the only one overheating, she’d be there with a coconut water, every half an hour.
“Carolina, God bless you, she kept the whole crew going.”
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