Michael Fassbender is on the cover of November’s GQ, and in the accompanying interview, the 36-year-old actor tells writer Zach Baron that he won’t participate in this year’s awards season.
Fassbender, who is in the unique position of promoting two films at once, Steve McQueen’s “12 Years A Slave” (out on Oct. 18) and Ridley Scott’s “The Counselor” (out Oct. 25), has received unanimous praise for his performance in McQueen’s slavery drama, with many already penciling him in for an Oscar nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category. The only problem? When awards season hits its crescendo, Fassbender will be busy with other projects.
“[Campaigning is] just not going to happen, because I’ll be in New Zealand. I’ll be on the other side of the world,” Fassbender told Baron. “You know, I get it. Everybody’s got to do their job. So you try and help and facilitate as best you can. But I won’t put myself through that kind of situation again.”
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