Among the 41 performers nominated for supporting roles, more than a third of the contenders (15) are in the unenviable position of competing directly with their co-stars. For the first time since 2016, every single supporting category — actor and actress in a comedy series, actor and actress in a drama series, and actor and actress in a limited series/movie — has colleagues going head-to-head to take home gold at the 70th annual ceremony on Sept. 17.
“There may be a ‘split the vote’ sort of thing there,” says David Harbour, who is nominated for the second consecutive time for his role as police chief Hopper on Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” “But I don’t really know what goes through people’s minds when they vote for these things. And if you look at years when ‘West Wing’ or ‘L.A. Law’ was all the rage, the double and sometimes triple nominees from those years easily won.
“There may be a ‘split the vote’ sort of thing there,” says David Harbour, who is nominated for the second consecutive time for his role as police chief Hopper on Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” “But I don’t really know what goes through people’s minds when they vote for these things. And if you look at years when ‘West Wing’ or ‘L.A. Law’ was all the rage, the double and sometimes triple nominees from those years easily won.
- 8/10/2018
- by Marisa Roffman
- Variety Film + TV
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