STEVEN YEUN “MINARI”
Key scene: Jacob (Yeun) and his wife, Monica (Yeri Han), argue in their small trailer home after a tornado threat passes, their hopes and fears exposed in front of their children.
What’s so special: “This was an incredibly nuanced scene,” says producer Christina Oh. “Steven was conscious of not characterizing a performance of our [collective Korean] parents but putting himself in his own parents’ shoes. He absolutely crushes it. In that scene, we are all reminded how while our upbringings are different, what we went through emotionally is similar.”