Does the Academy Favor Actors Who Portray Real People?
Since 2001, 10 Actors who have portrayed real people who we have archival footage of have won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Of the 100 nominations for best actor since then, only 28 have been for the portrayal of a real person who had video and/or audio of them available to study, yet 10 have won. That's a 50% win rate despite real-life portrayals making up only 28% of the nominations. Is being able to imitate a real life person harder than portraying a fictional character, so it deserves to be rewarded more? Discuss here
Of the 100 nominations for best actor since then, only 28 have been for the portrayal of a real person who had video and/or audio of them available to study, yet 10 have won. That's a 50% win rate despite real-life portrayals making up only 28% of the nominations. Is being able to imitate a real life person harder than portraying a fictional character, so it deserves to be rewarded more? Discuss here
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