Chris Martin Casts Official Oscar Vote

Posted on Feb 19th 2009 11:00AM by Steve Baltin
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The Best Actor race for this year's Oscars looks like it's neck-and-neck between Sean Penn for his role in 'Milk,' and Mickey Rourke's comeback performance as the lead character in 'The Wrestler.' If Rourke -- who thanked Axl Rose and Bruce Springsteen in his Golden Globes acceptance speech -- takes home the Oscar, he may want to thank Chris Martin this time 'round. The Coldplay frontman tells Key 103 Radio in Manchester that he voted for Rourke.

Normally musicians without any acting credits don't get an Academy Award vote, but Martin, who's married to one-time Best Actress winner Gwyneth Paltrow, just happened to find a ballot laying around the house. "I read the instructions, which is like, you've got to put your top five in order and if the number one that you've chosen isn't really doing very well, then they move on to your number two and include that with the one that is doing well, if you see what I mean," he told the radio station. And while we don't actually know what he means, it seems Martin was smart enough to cast his vote. "I got to put a vote in. I voted for Mickey Rourke. Isn't he great in that film [The Westler]?"

We're sure the Academy appreciates this, Mr. Martin.