Christopher Plummer earns Golden Globe nomination just weeks after replacing Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World

Veteran actor Christopher Plummer has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his role in Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World, just weeks after he was drafted in to replace Kevin Spacey.

This cannot be overstated: just over four weeks ago, Plummer was NOT going to be in the film at all. Now, he’s in with a shot of taking home a statue for what has to be one of the best unplanned performances of all time.

Director Scott has seemingly managed to get Plummer’s scenes re-shot and get a completed version of the film to the Hollywood Foreign Press voters in time to be considered.

• Full list of Golden Globes 2018 nominations
• Kevin Spacey cut from Ridley Scott’s new film just weeks before release
• Christopher Plummer has already replaced Kevin Spacey in the All the Money in the World trailer

Twitter was just as shocked as we are:

Christopher Plummer nominated for Golden Globe for role he shot a month ago. Some kind of record?

— Stephen Merchant (@StephenMerchant) December 11, 2017

Christopher Plummer scores best supporting actor Golden Globes nomination in record time for replacing Kevin Spacey, which happened like a month ago

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) December 11, 2017

If Christopher Plummer can step in to replace a human trash bag, film his part in two weeks AND earn a Golden Globe nomination for it, then you can do anything

— Carly Lane-Perry (@carlylane) December 11, 2017

Biggest surprise story out of the #GoldenGlobes nods: ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD landing multiple nods. With the nod for Christopher Plummer, it’s gotta be the first time an actor was nominated for a role he landed & performed in span of one month pic.twitter.com/6JG2LM1nG7

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) December 11, 2017

Dying laughing at The Golden Globes nominating Christopher Plummer for All the Money in the World. Classic Globes.

— Philip Concannon (@Phil_on_Film) December 11, 2017

whomst has actually seen christopher plummer’s performance outside of ridley scott and the crushed red bull cans in his editing suite

— yohana desta (@yohanadesta) December 11, 2017

In early November, it was announced that Plummer would be taking over from Kevin Spacey in the film, just six weeks before its planned release date, after Star Trek Discovery’s Anthony Rapp and eight current and former members of the House of Cards cast and crew came forward to accuse Spacey of sexually inappropriate behaviour.

Check out the re-cut trailer with Plummer below.

All the Money in the World will be released in UK cinemas on 5th January 2018.