At the Razzie Awards (actually “Golden Raspberry Awards”, i.e. Golden Raspberry) film awards are presented – for the supposedly worst films and performances. The Razzies have been around since 1981, and now there is a novelty: from now on, minors are no longer allowed to be nominated. There is now an age limit of 18+ for the raids, and it already applies current nominations.
This decision was preceded by a shit storm that erupted on the internet the only twelve-year-old Ryan Kiera Armstrong for her role in the horror movie”Fire starterwas nominated for Worst Actress. The nomination was heavily criticized on Twitter by people inside and outside the film industry because such a negative nomination could have consequences that are difficult for a child to deal with — for example, “bullying or worse,” as 11-year-old child actor Julian Hilliard (“WandaVision” ) pale.
Razzie founder John Wilson has now apologized in an official statement and confirmed that Armstrong is no longer running for office. Lessons learned from this lesson: In the future it will generally no longer be possible to nominate people under the age of 18 for a Golden Raspberry Award.
Razzie founder apologizes to Ryan Kiera Armstrong
Wilson Criticism of Armstrong nomination called ‘rightly’ and she made it clear to the organizers of the raid how “insensitive” they had been on the matter. Wilson specifically addressed the young actress: “We feel we owe Mrs. Armstrong a public apology and want to say we are sorry for all the pain she has suffered as a result of our decisions.”
In the statement that you fully endorse read, it also says: “Sometimes you do things without thinking about it, then you are called to account and then you understand.” And further: “It was never our intention to bury anyone’s career.”
Child actors have often been nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award in the past, including Jake Lloyd for “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” and Macaulay Culkin for three of his 1994 films. This practice is now coming to an end, which, according to the author of this article, is long overdue.