Um ator pode ser indicado aos prêmios de “Melhor Ator” e “Melhor Ator Coadjuvante” pelo mesmo desempenho?
Não.
Das regras em seu estado atual, sob a seção de prêmios de atuação (regra seis) :
- The leading role and supporting role categories will be tabulated simultaneously. If any performance should receive votes in both categories, the achievement shall be placed only on the ballot in that category in which, during the tabulation process, it first receives the required number of votes to be nominated. In the event that the performance receives the numbers of votes required to be nominated in both categories simultaneously, the achievement shall be placed only on the ballot in that category in which it receives the greater percentage of the total votes.
Como Barry Fitzgerald escapou disso?
Porque isso foi em 1945 (Os 17 th Oscars). As regras mudaram desde então. De acordo com o artigo da Wikipédia de Fitzgerald :
In 1945, Fitzgerald achieved a unique Academy Awards feat. For portraying Father Fitzgibbon in Leo McCarey's Going My Way (1944), he was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (which he ultimately won) and the Academy Award for Best Actor; voting rules were changed shortly after this occurrence to prevent further dual nominations for the same role.