Delroy Lindo on His ‘Sinners’ Performance That Finally Landed Him an Oscar Nom

When I spoke to Delroy Lindo in November at TheWrap’s “Sinners” photo shoot, our conversation predictably drifted to “Da 5 Bloods.”

I was confused, I confessed, when the Academy gave that 2020 Spike Lee joint a Best Original Score nomination and nothing more — most notably snubbing Lindo, whose performance remains one of the decade’s best.

“If you were confused,” Lindo said, laughing, “how do you think I felt?”

Five years later, the Academy did not repeat the confusion...