Turns out winning a SAG Award doubles as an upper body workout.
Triumphant actors at the awards show on Sunday, February 23, couldn’t stop commenting on how heavy their trophies were during their acceptance speeches.
“Thank you SAG-AFTRA for this incredibly heavy award,” Kieran Culkin said upon accepting his trophy for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in A Real Pain. “I don’t think there’s any way anyone can hold this for 45 seconds.”
Shōgun actors Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada agreed with Culkin during their respective acceptance speeches for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor and Male Actor in a Drama Series.
When the 2025 SAG Awards red carpet was rolled out, there was no shortage of scene-stealing fashion moments from the start. The 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards streamed live via Netflix on Sunday, February 23, and Kristen Bell hosted the ceremony. Some of the earliest stars to arrive were dressed to the nines, including […]
“It is very heavy!” Sawai, 32, exclaimed right before she exited the stage with her award.
When Sanada, 64, was first handed his award, he pretended he was going to drop it due to its weight.
Colin Farrell concurred.
“Jesus, Kieran was right!” he exclaimed while accepting his award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television movie for his performance in The Penguin.
The SAG Awards are headed back to Netflix for the show’s 2025 awards ceremony. The 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will stream live on Netflix on Sunday, February 23, marking the second time the ceremony will air on the streamer. This year’s show also marks the second time Kristen Bell will take on the […]
Well, just how heavy is that trophy?!
According to SAG, the statuette, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and tragedy called “The Actor,” weighs in at over 12 pounds. At 16 inches tall, the trophy is solid bronze and produced by the American Fine Arts Foundry, where 10 craftspeople use heat and cupric acid to give the statuettes their green patina each year.
In contrast, the Oscar statuette given at the Academy Awards weighs in at eight and a half pounds, an Emmy weighs just over six pounds and a Golden Globe weighs just under eight pounds.
The Guild reports that it takes three to four months for the artists to create all of the SAG statuettes each year and 1,233 individually numbered Actor statuettes have been awarded since the inaugural show in 1995.
The SAG Awards honor outstanding performances in both film and television, and this year, films like Emilia Pérez, Anora, Wicked and A Complete Unknown led the way, while Shōgun, The Penguin, The Diplomat, Nobody Wants This and Baby Reindeer led the TV categories.
