Mark Ruffalo is
struggling with whether or not to join other actors who are boycotting
the Oscar Awards this year over the lack of "black" nominees.
The
'Hulk' star, who's been nominated for 'Best Actor' this year, admitted
in two separate interviews this week that he's in deed sympathetic to
people who are boycotting the movie event for the same reason.
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Lupita Nyong'O, Jada Pinkett Smith, Snoop Dogg on Oscars 2016 nominations(Getty Images/Pulse)
As we earlier
reported, not a single black actor was nominated in any of the four
major acting categories at the Oscars for the second year in a row. As
to whether or not he’ll join the several other celebrities who insist
they’re boycotting the awards show this year, Ruffalo told BBC News, "I’m weighing it, yes. That’s where I’m at right now."
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"I’m really sympathetic to what they’re doing. It’s something that I’m struggling with personally, to get behind this or not," Ruffalo
told Sky News at the London premiere of his new movie 'Spotlight', for
which he’s nominated, Ruffalo said of those boycotting.
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Mark Ruffalo(Press)
Ruffalo’s film
'Spotlight' tells the true story of a group of journalists who uncovered
wide-ranging child molestation within the Catholic Church. "The
only reason I’m probably not going to take part in the boycott is
because I’m representing another kind of victim," Ruffalo explained.
“And the Oscars mean a lot to these people."
Watch
Ruffalo’s two separate interviews in which he weighs in on the
controversy surrounding the lack of diversity at this year’s Oscars.
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