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ParlorSoldier t1_jae2r4v wrote

Reply to comment by OneManFreakShow in Awards Without Gender Categories? Celebrities Debate by CactusBoyScout

Do actors submit themselves as being eligible for nomination? Or do academy members just vote for whoever they want? Because I was going to say, just let the actor choose which category they want to be included in.

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shy247er t1_jae4bel wrote

> Do actors submit themselves as being eligible for nomination?

Studios do with consultation with actors, I imagine.

For example, Fox Searchlight submitted The Favourite's Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz for supporting and pushed Olivia Colman as lead so she would have a bigger shot at winning. Even though, arguably, Stone is the lead in the movie.

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