'Mr Robot' Star Christian Slater Wants to Hug John Travolta at Golden Globes

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“Mr. Robot” star Christian Slater has been nominated for a Golden Globe for the second straight year, but the actor is more concerned with crossing paths with the other actors in his category.

“There’s John Travolta, who I’ve worked with before and again grew up with,” Slater told TheWrap on Monday. “I can’t wait to see him at the ceremony and I’ll just give him a big hug.” Travolta, who co-starred with Slater in the action film “Broken Arrow,” is nominated for his role in the FX limited series “The People v. O.J. Simpson”

Slater also revealed his immediate reaction to being nominated again, and why he thinks the USA Network drama has been so successful after just two seasons.

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What was your immediate reaction upon learning you had been nominated?
Shock, surprise, gratitude, and overwhelming joy.

Does it mean more the second time around?
Yeah, it’s fantastic. Again, it was unexpected. I thought it would have been greedy to expect that it would happen. I’m thrilled to be included in this category with the other wonderful people: John Travolta, John Lithgow, Hugh Laurie, and Sterling K. Brown. They’re phenomenal and just brilliant. I love playing this character and I’m chomping at the bit to get back to work on April 10.

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Who do you think is the biggest competition in your category?
It’s so crazy that competition is even a thing in this business. For me, it’s a chance to cross paths with people that I grew up with and people that I’ve worked with. John Lithgow, he’s one of the reasons I am an actor. The first film I saw him in was “World According to Garp” and I’ll never forget his performance in it.

What is it about “Mr. Robot” that has resonated so strongly with viewers?
I think the word “hacking” is something that is incredibly relevant in our world today. So I have to take my hat off to [creator] Sam Esmail’s phenomenal insight to be able to see that technology would play such an incredible role in our lives as it does today. I think the show is just pushing that button and on the one hand it’s great for the show but on the other it’s scary to live in a world where hacking is such a real thing.

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What’s another nominated show or film that you enjoyed?
I’m a huge “Game of Thrones” fan. “Moonlight” is wonderful.

But gosh, it’s been hard to see everything. I’m going to spend the holidays catching up on everything and getting to the bottom of what the best things are.

Golden Globes 2017: See the Nominees (Photos)

Bryan Cranston, Sarah Paulson and Riz Ahmed are among the nominees for the Golden Globes this year
Best Motion Picture – Drama

“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“Lion”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”
TWC
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

“20th Century Women”
“Deadpool”
“Florence Foster Jenkins”
“La La Land”
“Sing Street”
TWC
Best Director – Motion Picture

Damien Chazelle–“La La Land”
Tom Ford–“Nocturnal Animals”
Mel Gibson–“Hacksaw Ridge”
Barry Jenkins–“Moonlight”
Kenneth Lonergan–“Manchester by the Sea”
Lionsgate
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Casey Affleck–“Manchester by the Sea”
Joel Edgerton–“Loving”
Andrew Garfield–“Hacksaw Ridge”
Viggo Mortensen–“Captain Fantastic”
Denzel Washington–“Fences”
Amazon Studios
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Amy Adams–“Arrival”
Jessica Chastain–“Miss Sloane”
Isabelle Huppert–“Elle”
Ruth Negga–“Loving”
Natalie Portman–“Jackie”
Fox
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Colin Farrell–“The Lobster”
Ryan Gosling–“La La Land”
Hugh Grant–“Florence Foster Jenkins”
Jonah Hill–“War Dogs”
Ryan Reynolds–“Deadpool”
Fox
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Annette Bening–“20th Century Women”
Lily Collins–“Rules Don’t Apply”
Hailee Steinfeld–“Edge of Seventeen”
Emma Stone–“La La Land”
Meryl Streep–“Florence Foster Jenkins”
Lionsgate
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Mahershala Ali--"Moonlight"
Jeff Bridges--"Hell or High Water"
Simon Helberg--"Florence Foster Jenkins"
Dev Patel--"Lion"
Aaron Taylor Johnson--"Nocturnal Animals"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Viola Davis–“Fences”
Naomie Harris–“Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman–“Lion”
Octavia Spencer–“Hidden Figures”
Michelle Williams–“Manchester by the Sea”
Amazon Studios / Roadside Attractions
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

“La La Land”
“Nocturnal Animals”
“Moonlight”
“Manchester By The Sea”
“Hell or High Water”
CBS Films
Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

“Elle”
“Neruda”
“The Salesman”
“Toni Erdmann”
“Divines”
Sony Pictures Classics
Best Motion Picture – Animated

“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Moana”
“My Life as a Zucchini”
“Sing”
“Zootopia”
Disney
Best Original Score - Motion Picture -"Moonlight"
"La La Land"
"Arrival"
"Lion"
"Hidden Figures"
Best Original Song – Motion Picture

“Can’t Stop the Feeling”–“Trolls”
“City of Stars”–“La La Land”
“Faith”–“Sing”
“Gold”–“Gold”
“How Far I’ll Go”–“Moana”
DreamWorks
Best Television Series – Drama

“The Crown”
“Game of Thrones”
“Stranger Things”
“This Is Us”
“Westworld”
HBO
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama

Caitriona Balfe–“Outlander”
Claire Foy–“The Crown”
Keri Russell–“The Americans”
Winona Ryder–“Stranger Things”
Evan Rachel Wood–“Westworld”
Netflix
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama

Rami Malek–“Mr. Robot”
Bob Odenkirk–“Better Call Saul”
Matthew Rhys–“The Americans”
Liev Schrieber–“Ray Donovan”
Billy Bob Thornton–“Goliath”
USA
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

"Atlanta"
"black-ish"
"Mozart in the Jungle"
"Transparent"
"Veep"
HBO
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Anthony Anderson–“black-ish”
Gael García Bernal–“Mozart in the Jungle”
Donald Glover–“Atlanta”
Nick Nolte–“Graves”
Jeffrey Tambor–“Transparent”
Amazon
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Rachel Bloom–“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus–“Veep”
Sarah Jessica Parker–“Divorce”
Issa Rae–“Insecure”
Gina Rodriguez–“Jane the Virgin”
Tracee Ellis Ross–“black-ish”
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Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

“American Crime”
“The Dresser”
“The Night Manager”
“The Night Of”
“People v. O.J. Simpson”
FX
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television --

Riz Ahmed--"The Night Of"
Bryan Cranston--"All the Way"
John Turturro--"The Night Of"
Tom Hiddleston--"Night Manager"
Courtney B. Vance--"People v. O.J. Simpson"
AMC
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Felicity Huffman–“American Crime”
Riley Keough–“The Girlfriend Experience”
Sarah Paulson–“People v. O.J. Simpson”
Charlotte Rampling–“London Spy”
Kerry Washington–“Confirmation”
HBO
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Sterling K. Brown–“People v. O.J. Simpson”
Hugh Laurie–“The Night Manager”
John Lithgow–“The Crown”
Christian Slater–“Mr. Robot”
John Travolta–“People v. O.J. Simpson”
FX
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Olivia Colman–“The Night Manager”
Lena Headey–“Game of Thrones”
Chrissy Metz–“This Is Us”
Mandy Moore–“This Is Us”
Thandie Newton–“Westworld”
HBO