Mark Ruffalo in “Poor Things”.Photo:Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures
Mark Ruffalojust claimed his fourth Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
Thanks for his performance inPoor Things, Ruffalo, 56, joins an esteemed list of actors with a whopping four nods in that category.
TheBAFTA Award-nominatedPoor Things, also starringEmma Stone, is in the running at the 96th Academy Awards with 11 nominations.
That includes Stone for leading actress,Yorgos Lanthimosfor directing and Tony McNamara for adapting Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel of the same name for the screen.
Ruffalo had previously received three Best Supporting Actor nominations forThe Kids Are All Rightin 2011,Foxcatcherin 2015, andSpotlightin 2016. Audiences and critics alike raved at his hilariousPoor Thingsperformance as foppish lawyer Duncan Wedderburn, who steals Bella away for an international adventure.
At the New York City premiere in December, theGolden Globe-nominated Ruffalotold PEOPLEthatPoor Things“started with about three weeks of rehearsals, which was just playing theater games, really, and goofing off and cutting up” which “gave us the feeling of safety with each other and a feeling of fun.”
He also praised Stone, calling his Oscar-winning costar a “once-in-a-generation talent.”
Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in “Poor Things”.Searchlight Pictures
Searchlight Pictures
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Ruffalo has joined an exclusive group of industry legends collectively holding the record for the most Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations. The stars who have also notched four in that category areJack Nicholson,Al Pacino, Walter Brennan,Jeff Bridges,Robert Duvall, Arthur Kennedy and Claude Rains.
Also faring well among the nominations Tuesday morning were Christopher Nolan’sOppenheimer, with a leading 13, Martin Scorsese’sKillers of the Flower Moonwith 10 and Greta Gerwig’sBarbiewith eight.
source: people.com
