Marc Maron hits out at probe into Andrea Riseborough’s nomination
MARC Maron has slammed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ decision to investigate Andrea Riseborough’s Oscar campaign.
The 59-year-old actor has hit out at the news the organisation is set to conduct a review of the campaign procedures around this year’s nominees after his To Leslie co-star received a surprise nod in the Best Actress category.
Marc claimed Andrea’s campaign – which allegedly saw high-profile stars including Edward Norton, Jennifer Aniston and Charlize Theron encouraged to praise the film on social media or host screenings of the movie after being contacted by its director Michael Morris, and his wife Mary McCormack – has upset the Academy because it “threatens their system”.
Speaking on his podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, the comedian said: “Apparently, the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences or whatever the f*** it is has decided to investigate Andrea Riseborough’s grass-roots campaign to get her the Oscar nomination because I guess it so threatens their system that they’re completely bought out by corporate interests in the form of studios.
“Millions of dollars [are] put into months and months of advertising campaigns, publicity, screenings by large corporate entertainment entities and
Andrea was championed by her peers through a grass-roots campaign which was pushed through by a few actors.
“The Academy is [like], ‘Well, we gotta take a look at this. This is not the way it’s supposed to work. Independent artists don’t deserve the attention of the Academy unless we see how it works exactly. So, we’re going to look into this’.”
UPDATE: Riseborough’s nomination stands