On March 4, winners will be crowned at the 90th Academy Awards.
Her internal world was so huge and rich, Hawkins says.
That felt like such a joy to discover.
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Words can be insufficient, and Hawkins expressed the deepest of emotions with just her face.
Eventually, Mildred sets the town ablaze with her rage.
So I was interested in her being locked out of her own humanity.
Niko Tavernise
In that startling scene, McDormand (Fargo) conveys Mildreds duality: ferocious yet empathetic.
She is someone that doesnt play the game and takes no prisoners in her personal life, he says.
I think she brought along that kind of attitude to the part, too.
Later, Graham would help topple the same administration with the papers Watergate reporting.
It was a big test for both of them, Streep adds.
She hired him knowing he was a pirate, knowing he was trouble and he was.
Opposites sometimes draw the best from one another.
But playing the notorious 90s antiheroine required more than just belief in Hardings claims of innocence.
I liked that quality so much, I tried to inject it.
After all, Harding never followed the script.
You know when youre a kid and youll sort of emulate your parents or youll try on different characters?
Thats what Lady Bird is doing.
From scene to scene, depending on who shes with, shes adapting.
Its okay to not have everything figured out, you know?
[Lady Bird] taught me that, for sure.
And as far as life lessons go, that ones hella tight.
