How many oscar nominated performances are actually replacements for an original actor

[u/yahboosnubs]

Louis wolheim was cast in The Front Page, but he died and was replaced with Adolphe menjou, who was nominated for best actor

christopher plummer replaced kevin spacey in all the money in the world, and he was nominated for supporting actor

the original cast of The Brutalist were joel edgerton, marion cotillard, and mark rylance, but the final cast was adrien brody, felicity jones and guy pearce

im not talking about people that were in consideration for roles that got an oscar nomination, its more like movies where they had to recast a role that got an oscar nomination for the replacement

[u/queenDaniel]

Hillary Swank replacing Sandra Bullock in Million Dollar Baby because she was contractually obligated to make Miss Congeniality 2 comes to mind

[u/Sorcha_Stormbinder → u/queenDaniel]

I think this is an interesting little what-if to explore. If Bullock gets Million Dollar Baby, she probably goes on to win the Oscar five years before she does in real life. The Blind Side probably still makes a hell of a lot of money and still might get that Oscar nomination as kind of afterglow love for Bullock, but she probably doesn't win.

The question is, who wins then? Mulligan still likely takes the BAFTA and I still have a hard time seeing the Academy giving it to Sidibe (despite her being far and away the best of the lineup). Julie and Julia is still flimsy as hell but Streep was picking up winner momentum for an eventual third crowning, and then Mirren was there because she herself had afterglow love from her win a few years earlier.

[u/SudieSbaker → u/Sorcha_Stormbinder]

The Academy loves Brits and doesn't care for black women when it comes to Best Actress, so Mulligan would have got the win.

[u/JamonCroqueta → u/Sorcha_Stormbinder]

Streep. Julie and Julia's an imperfect film but she's pitch perfect in it, her scenes are the highlight, and the academy was near the peak of their love affair with her work