According to studio sources never-nominated veteran star Christopher Plummer is going in the supporting category for their December release, “The Last Station,” a movie in which he stars as Leo Tolstoy opposite Helen Mirren as his wife. Mirren is being pitched for Lead Actress even though their actual screen time is similar. Is it a coincidence that there is perceived lesser competition in the Best Supporting Actor race this year, than the crowded Best Actor contest? Or that there seems to be less competition in Best Actress than in the logjam over at Supporting Actress? Plus SPC was facing an added problem with another of their December releases, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” in which Plummer plays the title role. We hear Plummer is likely being pitched as Best Actor for that picture which makes perfect sense..

All this means that James McAvoy, who plays Tolstoy’s new assistant in “Last Station” and was thought to be a more likely supporting choice, is getting bumped up to Best Actor probably because he does actually have more screen time than anyone else in the picture. Hmmmm.

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