Heath Ledger For Best Supporting Actor: Warner Bros Promotes ‘Consideration’

By: Matt | November 24, 2008 at 10:00 AM EDT

There was a huge amount of buzz back in July over Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker in “The Dark Knight.” People seriously questioned whether or not Ledger would bring about an Oscar nod and even win it for Best Supporting Actor. Warner Bros. is behind the push this time when the release of full page ads in Variety like the poster below.

While Ledger wouldn’t be the first posthumous win for Best Actor he would be the first dead actor to be nominated. Peter Finch won it for “Network” in 1976, but secured the win after dying postnomination.

I’d love to see Ledger be nominated for his impressive performance, but no, I don’t think he can win it. The Academy just doesn’t trend towards the action genre for such award categories. And while many people have said there isn’t any competition this year, I think they’re wrong and so does /Film:

He will have to contend with Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road, Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt, John Malkovich in Changeling, Ralph Fiennes in Duchess, John Malkovich and Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading and Robert Downey, Jr. in Tropic Thunder.

It’ll be tough. Do you think Heath Ledger can win Best Supporting Actor?

heath ledger joker for your consideration

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Brandon H

I liked Heath Ledger as an actor. I am not jumping on any bandwagon by saying that. I really thought he had a presence about himself in 10 Things I Hate About You. However, when I had first heard that Heath had been cast as the Joker my first impulse was, “What????” and then I gave it a week and thought about it and I came to the conclusion that he must have shown some kind of sign that he could pull it off. So I decided to wait to judge until I actually saw the movie. When he passed away, I was worried that I might judge his performance in the Dark Knight differently than I would if he were alive, but when July came around and the movie opened I saw it.

It blew me away. Heath Ledger really sank his teeth into that role. I watched that movie for the first time and I got sucked in. I didn’t, for one second, even think about Heath Ledger while watching it. I just saw this insane criminal known as the Joker.

I have seen the movie five times and I honestly believe that Heath deserves a nomination. Not because he is dead and not because everyone says he should be, but because he really does deserve it.

Every time I saw the movie I tried to picture Heath Ledger as The Joker and I couldn’t do it. He did too good of a job. He really does deserve a nomination and in my opinion, a win.

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