Posted by Big Al at 1cust203.tnt1.albany.or.da.uu.net on March 23, 2002 at 13:51:29:
In Reply to: yup posted by hangmanjury on March 23, 2002 at 12:32:22:
: : What did you think about Denzel being nominated for best actor and Ethan Hawke for best supporting actor? By my count, Ethan Hawke is in more of the moving than Denzel.
: I think it was kind of an anomaly myself, since Ethan seemed to be more of the main character... but then again, I guess it's a marketing strategy. If Ethan had been nominated for best actor and Denzel best supporting, Denzel should win it and Ethan almost definitely wouldn't...
They campaign to be nominated as they were, so as to insure that their votes weren't split keeping both (or either) from being nominated. This is becoming a common practice.