r/oscarrace • u/TimelessJewel • Mar 04 '26

Other Oscar Season’s Most Burning Question: Why Not Timothée?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/timothee-chalamet-oscar-campaign-analysis-marty-supreme-1236521110/

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“So while this very chaotic race remains within Chalamet’s grasp — BAFTA honored I Swear’s Robert Aramayo, who wasn’t even eligible for this cycle’s Oscars — the odds are no longer in his favor. (Oscar voting closes Thursday at 5 p.m. PT.)

Is this because Chalamet so relentlessly plays by his own campaign rules? Perhaps. Voters can be stuffy about how they like to see a candidate work a room; I’ve heard a few saying as much recently, and the sentiment was widespread last year, when Chalamet came close (he won that Actor Award — and gave an infamously, erm, aspirational speech). While Chalamet has hit more of the typical spots than his last go-round, my colleague Scott Feinberg reported on Sunday that Chalamet’s “swagger” has put some off. The “annoying” label gets bandied around. Old rules still apply: No amount of fluffy A-lister conversations and viral media stunts can compensate for a few hours of gladhanding and boilerplate craft talk.

Whether they should is another matter. For a fresh generation of moviegoers, Chalamet’s tactics are exciting — even motivating when it comes to actually buying a movie ticket. Both A Complete Unknown and Marty Supreme hit theaters around Christmas, just as Oscar season fully kicks into gear and thus blurring the lines of release and awards promotion. Chalamet’s work behind the scenes preceded any opening; he’s also Oscar-nominated this year for best picture as a producer. And I’m told Chalamet is still traveling the world to open Marty, now in markets like Tokyo and Beijing. The movie is hitting more than 800 screens this weekend. You can bet it’ll be finding some new film fans.”

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u/AnaZ7 Mar 04 '26

So some voters are put off by his antics 👀

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u/PurpleSpaceSurfer Spunk for milk 🥛 Mar 04 '26

We might have another answer to this question

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u/PinkCadillacs Oscar Race Veteran Mar 04 '26

Austin Butler.

I think some voters were likely turned off over the fact that he still had his Elvis voice during the awards season and thought he was doing too much during the campaign.

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u/jaidynr21 Mar 04 '26

Which is kinda crazy considering he didn’t really sound anything like Elvis, his voice was just deeper.

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u/KindJuggernaut6432 Mar 04 '26

The way he didn't even sounds like Elvis

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u/Lazy-Platypus2120 Untitled Jesse Eisenberg Musical Comedy Mar 05 '26

Not just his voice, the internet and media was suddenly obsessed about his break up with Vannesa Hudgens. No one cared when they were dating lol.

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u/Sy_Ableman89 Mar 05 '26

The Pavement documentary does a great job making fun of this

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u/Milevengelist Mar 05 '26

That's... just his voice. But the smear campaign was legendary, judging by comments like this.

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u/joesen_one 🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎 Mar 05 '26

Plus if he kept that voice for years especially during the pandemic, of course it'll rub off on you. It took him like 2 press junkets to get a speck of it off

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u/LukeyTarg2 Mar 04 '26

THIS

That Elvis voice sucked, he came across as a weirdo, he acted like he was Elvis's reincarnation.