The filmmakers nominated for the Gouden Raspberry, probably the most famous negative film award, should try to take this ‘honour’ with humor. Many succeed, and sometimes the stars even show up to the Razzie Awards ceremony and collect their raspberries – like Sandra Bullock (for There’s That About Steve) and Halle Berry (for “Catwoman”), who are known to have once an Oscar in the cupboard, but also the golden smack fruit.
But it takes a bit of life experience and dexterity in the movie world to handle this dubious honor so easily. And Ryan Kiera Armstrong, who has just been nominated for a Golden Raspberry, doesn’t necessarily have to have that yet. That’s why there’s a real one on Twitter now Shit broke out against those responsible for the Razzie Awards because just 12-year-old Ryan Kiera Armstrong was accused of starring in the Stephen King horror.Fire starterwas nominated for Worst Actress.
Lots of effort on Twitter: “The world must be really broken”
When the nominations for the 2023 Razzies were announced on January 23, the young actress joined the nominees in that category, along with Diane Keaton, Bryce Dallas Howard, Kaya Scodelario and Alicia Silverstone.
The fact that a child is burdened with such disgrace that could lead to bullying is now being heavily criticized on the internet – among other things, the trade magazine also posted commented on Twitter: “If you thought the Razzies were a little less vicious this year, remember that a 12-year-old girl is among the Worst Actress nominees.”
Many Twitter users are outraged. Aharon Keshales writes that if a 12-year-old is nominated for a Razzie Award, the world must be really shattered, that would put enormous pressure on the child. According to Joe Russo raids dropped to a new low.
Comedian Sarah O’Connell writes that it’s definitely not okay to nominate a 12-year-old — she has friends herself who were former child actors, and she knows the struggles they’ve struggled with. And Les Williams writes succinctly: it’s just disgusting to nominate a kid for this award.
Eleven-year-old actor Julian Hilliard (“WandaVision”) writes in a well-received tweet that the raids are already mean and low-key, but nominating a child is just disgusting and wrong. “Why would a child be at risk of more bullying or worse? Be better,” Hilliard concludes.
Ryan Kiera Armstrong is not the first kid to be nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award. Probably the most prominent example Jack Lloyd become known for his role as young Anakin Skywalker in “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menacewas nominated twice – once solo and once as Worst Screen Duo alongside Natalie Portman.
The example of Jake Lloyd is also cited in many tweets. Since the child star had to put up with a lot of vilification after his “Star Wars” role, and the fact that he was nominated for a negative award, should have given many haters of the prequel series more fuel. Mark Hamilton leads at job interviews over and over how angry he was that the “fans” had treated the then about ten-year-old so badly.
The Razzie Awards are traditionally presented on the eve of the Oscars. This year’s Academy Awards will be presented on March 13 – and here too the nominees have now been announced. The most nominations, eleven in total, were for the insane multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All At Once”, closely followed by the German Netflix war drama “Nothing New in the West” with nine nominations. Here you will find an overview of all nominations: