Bradley Cooper’s 2-Minute-Long Cameo Might Get Him an Emmy
Another big chance for the actor that is traditionally ignored at the Oscars.
Summary:
- Bradley Cooper has been brutally ignored by the Oscars once again this year, but he doesn’t seem to give up heading for another prestigious award that he can get under his belt.
- The actor’s candidacy for a Primetime Emmy award was officially submitted regarding Cooper’s brief appearance in ABC’s sitcom.
- The general rules that were recently altered by the Television Academy now make Bradley Cooper’s role in the show eligible for the nomination.
Bradley Cooper may have lost to others in his latest Oscar nominations once again, but he still might take another statuette home this year. The actor had a brief cameo role in ABC’s mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary appearing in the third season’s episode 6 titled Willard R. Abbott.
The episode was ironically released on March 10, the same day that the Oscar ceremony took place, and now it seems like Cooper is still striving for any kind of award that has something to do with that memorable date.
Given that the actor’s screen time in the episode was quite limited and had an overall run of less than 2 minutes, some may wonder whether it’s even possible to submit something like this for a Primetime Emmy nomination, especially after the Television Academy changed the rules earlier this year.
Will Bradley Cooper Get an Emmy?
According to Variety, the Academy’s statement specified that “a brief cameo appearance is not eligible for entry”, though the conditions that were later on clarified prove that Cooper’s short appearance in the show in fact has chances to be selected for the nomination.
The update about the rules provided by the Academy back then clearly says that the minimum screen time that includes the actor’s direct engagement in the storyline, whether it’s on or off the camera, should take at least 5% of the submitted episode’s total running time to eventually become eligible.
The TV Academy explained such changes by stating that they’re supposed “to ensure that a guest performer’s role is significant to the episode being submitted”.
Going back to Bradley Cooper and Abbott Elementary’s episode, the actor’s role indeed meets all the requirements. Cooper’s screen time in there is 1 minute 56 seconds while the whole episode lasts 20 minutes and 31 seconds.
Simple calculations prove that, to be eligible for the nomination, his appearance in the episode should be at least 61.5 seconds long, and the actor got an almost double minimum of the requirement.
It’s so far unclear whether Bradley Cooper will get his nomination after all, but already now he’s facing a fierce competition running against The Bear ’s multiple actors with recurring roles and the Oscars’ big rival Ryan Gosling that has chances to get nominated for hosting NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
Source: Variety