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QUIZ: Who got demoted at the Oscars?

November 29, 2008 |  9:31 pm

It doesn't matter what acting category you campaign for at the Academy Awards — voters can put you wherever they want. Most frequently, when ignoring category guidance, they tend to promote contenders from the supporting race to lead like Keisha Castle-Hughes ("Whale Rider"), but sometimes they have the nerve to push a lead contender down to supporting. Which one of these actors suffered that humiliating fate? To see the answer, CLICK HERE!

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ANSWER: James Cromwell was demoted to the 1995 supporting race, where he lost to Kevin Spacey ("The Usual Suspects").

Photos: Universal, Miramax, Columbia Pictures

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Humiliating fate?

You're such a drama queen, Tom!

Yes, his role was very much a supporting role. He supported the title character, the pig! Shouldn't have campaigned for leading, and I'm glad he got that supporting nod.

~Steven

Probably just as well, since he was in a supporting role in that film anyway. What were the studio thinking campaigning him in the lead actor race?



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