Awards season is well and truly underway in Hollywood but there are two big names who won't be holding an Oscar this year.<br/> <br />Michael Fassbender and David Cronenberg were both omitted from Academy Award nominations.<br/> <br />Fassbender's role of a sex addict in Steve McQueen's "Shame" has been a hit with both critics and audiences.<br/> <br />The Irish actor also stars in Cronenberg's new film "A Dangerous Method".<br/> <br />Fassbender joined other stars of the film including Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen for the UK premiere in London (on Tuesday, January 31).<br/> <br />Fassbender says he was disappointed not to receive an Oscar nod.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Michael Fassbender, saying (English):<br/> <br />"Well of course there's that moment where you're like 'Hmm, (swear word omitted).' But like I've said before I'm living a pretty charmed life. A statue is nice but the fact I get to work with talented people is so much more nourishing and amazing for me."<br/> <br />"A Dangerous Method" is Mortensen's third collaboration with Cronenberg.<br/> <br />The two worked together previously on "Eastern Promises" and "History of Violence".<br/> <br />Mortensen said Cronenberg is repeatedly getting snubbed by awards bodies, not just the Academy.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Viggo Mortensen, On Cronenberg, saying (English):<br/> <br />"Once again David was ignored by BAFTA, by Oscar, by Golden Globes, by everyone, by Directors Guild. And I think it's really puzzling because he's recognised as one of our greatest living directors and many mediocre talents get nominated and sometimes win every year."<br/> <br />"A Dangerous Method" tells the story of the birth of psychoanalysis with Mortensen playing Sigmund Freud and Fassbender as Carl Jung.<br/> <br />Knightley plays Jung's formerly hysterical patient Sabina Spielrein, who becomes Jung's lover and later a psychologist herself.<br/> <br />Fassbender is nominated for a Best Actor BAFTA however and the awards ceremony will take place on February 12.<br/> <br />"A Dangerous Method" hits British cinemas a couple days before on February 10.<br/> <br />Cindy Martin, Reuters
