Into the Wild cast is actors’ choice in guild nominations

THE road-trip drama Into the Wild received a leading four Screen Actors’ Guild Awards nominations yesterday, including honours for lead actor Emile Hirsch and supporting players Hal Holbrook and Catherine Keener.

Directed by Sean Penn, Into the Wild was also nominated for performance by its overall cast, along with the western, 3:10 to Yuma, the crime sagas American Gangster and No Country for Old Men, and the musical Hairspray.

Conspicuously absent from the guild field was the British romantic melodrama Atonement, which was shut out after leading the Golden Globe nominations a week earlier with seven nominations.