‘Project Hail Mary’ puppeteer James Ortiz eligible for Best Supporting Actor at Oscars

James Ortiz, the signifier performer and puppeteer down 1 of the year’s astir cherished non-human characters, Rocky from Project Hail Mary, is eligible for the Supporting Actor categories erstwhile the movie competes astatine the upcoming Academy Awards. According to Variety, Ortiz’s enactment is eligible nether the acting categories arsenic per the existent rules.

Further, the puppeteer volition besides beryllium eligible nether the acting categories astatine the SAG Awards since puppeteers travel nether the SAG-AFTRA jurisdiction. “However, nether the Golden Globes’ existing rules, his enactment volition not beryllium eligible. The Critics Choice Awards person nary explicit guidelines that would exclude him, suggesting helium volition beryllium eligible for consideration. At the BAFTAs helium would besides beryllium eligible fixed they are the lone voting assemblage to ever nominate an animated voice-acting performance: Eddie Murphy successful Shrek (2001) for champion supporting actor,” work a study by Variety.