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The Much Ado About Nothing actor Emma Thompson has recently opened up about campaigning to win an Academy Award and how it made her seriously ill...
I quickly developed a sort of allergy to that part of the job, reported Deadline.. Thompson has been nominated for the Academy Awards five times..
In December 2022, actor James McAvoy said that campaigning for an Oscar felt cheap and refused to do so to land a nomination for his work on Atonement...
McAvoy did not receive a nod for his acting but Atonement went on to score 7 nominations at the Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Saoirse Ronan..
Although McAvoy would not campaign for himself, he was more than happy to do it for his fellow co-stars, which led Forest Whitaker to get a nod for his work on The Last King of Scotland..
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