Vanessa Kirby triumphed over two things to win her Oscar nomination for “Pieces of a Woman” today: The film’s bleak plot and the scandal surrounding her co-star, Shia LaBeouf.
But the British actress, who gives a brilliant, intense performance as a woman who loses her baby in childbirth, is considered a long shot for the win — and LaBeouf’s presence in the film could make the odds longer still.It doesn’t help that LaBeouf’s character becomes increasingly abusive toward his traumatized wife (Kirby), attempting to force her to have sex with him in one scene, and in another, throwing a large ball at her face while she’s holding a lit cigarette.
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