Oscars 2024: Early predictions for the actor and supporting actor races
LOS ANGELES — If you've seen Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," you may well still be sifting through some complicated feelings about Leonardo DiCaprio's character — and perhaps even his performance in the film.
Know this: You're not alone. In fact, DiCaprio himself still has trouble reconciling the actions of his character, Ernest Burkhart, a dimwitted WWI veteran who arrives in Oklahoma to work for his wealthy uncle, William Hale (Robert De Niro), a calculating rancher with an eye on laying claim to the oil-rich tribal lands owned by the Osage Nation. At Hale's behest, Ernest marries Mollie (Lily Gladstone) and — spoiler alert — begins, again at the suggestion of his uncle — to help plot the murders
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