Oscarmetrics: Statistics Don’t Favor Brad Pitt’s Best Actor Chances – Hollywood Prospectus Blog
“when you look at his prospective competitors, they all sound prototypically nominatable. Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar? Famous person, period piece, ages decades, uses an accent, maybe even dies. Jean Dujardin in The Artist? First-time nominee, non-American, period piece, miscellaneous showboat factor (the film is silent). Gary Oldman in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy? Non-American, period piece, and (this is insane but true) a potential first-time nominee. George Clooney in The Descendants? See Clooney Exception”