The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has said it supports spontaneous grassroots campaigns for best performances after Andrea Riseborough’s nomination, but announces plans to review the rules, Christina Ricci accuses.
A few days after that Andrea Riseborough got one nomination all’Oscar a sorpresa following a grassroots social media campaign by other actors, one is underway rule review regarding the online campaign.
The To Leslie star, 41, is nominated for Best Actress at the upcoming 95th Academy Awards alongside Cate Blanchett (Tár), Ana de Armas (Blonde), Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans) and Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) . Many viewed Till’s Danielle Deadwyler and The Woman King’s Viola Davis as worthy of nominations, even though they were snubbed by the Academy. Both actresses earned a BAFTA Award nomination in the same category a few days earlier, but fell short of the five Oscars.
Despite earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination, Andrea Riseborough was not among the possible candidates for the Oscars, but a last-minute campaign supported by celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet and Edward Norton swung the votes in her direction.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said in a statement on Friday that it will review its campaign policies and see if any updates need to be made in the modern age of social media:
“The Academy’s aim is to ensure that the competition is conducted fairly and ethically and we are committed to ensuring an inclusive awards process. We are conducting a review of campaign procedures around this year’s nominees to ensure that no lines guideline has been violated and to understand whether changes to the guidelines are necessary in a new era of social media and digital communication”.
But Christina Ricci is not there and openly defends her colleague Andrea Riseborough accusing the Academy of elitism.
“It seems hilarious that the ‘surprise nomination’ (meaning tons of money weren’t spent placing this actress) of a legitimately brilliant performance is under investigation”Ricci wrote on Friday in a since-deleted Instagram statement, according to Deadline and The Independent.
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Has continued: “So it’s only the films and actors who can afford the campaigns that deserve recognition? It seems to me elitist and exclusive and frankly very backward”.
Ricci added that she is sure Andrea Riseborough hasn’t “nothing to do with the countryside” for the nomination, which will now be tainted by this episode. If it is taken away from him you will have to be ashamed”_.
