THR's executive editor of awards notes that Riseborough's campaign follows in long tradition of unabashed solicitation of votes that have often been, as in her case, the result of a financially un-level playing field.
The nom for Riseborough, a 41-year-old British actors’ actor, evoked audible gasps when it was announced last Tuesday because few peoplemembers of the Academy’s actors branch, which solely determines the acting Oscar nominees, had ever evenof the film it came for, which cost — and grossed — virtually nothing.
But given the tremendous critical response to Riseborough’s portrayal of a spiraling alcoholic following the film’s premiere at last year’s SXSW film festival, and the lack of financial resources possessed by the film’s U.S. distributor Momentum Pictures, the film’s director,, appealed to famous friends in the actors branch to post about Riseborough’s performance on social media and to host in-person or virtual Q&As with the actress.
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