On Feb. 24, winners will be crowned at the 91st Academy Awards.
Keep checking back atEW.comthis week for spotlights on contenders in all the major categories.
Directed by Julian Schnabel a painter himself At Eternity’s Gateprivileges van Gogh’s own point-of-view.
“It all comes together in a swirla swirl of color, a swirl of light.
It’s not naturalistic representation.
Looks like the Oscar voters are awake.
Dafoe was also awake to learn of his fourth nomination, currently working on location.
“I had to wake up early anyway,” he tells EW.
I padded out in my little pajamas in the dark.
Dafoe says he was particularly pleased to get the nomination as it was something he’d been hoping for.
“This is a movie that I really care about,” he notes.
His first call Tuesday morning after learning the was to his director Julian Schnabel.
So, yes, I share this honor with him and I wanted to double-check he knew that.”
The film and Schnabel pushed Dafoe to new places, including learning to paint.
Because of this successful partnership, Dafoe says he’d be eager to partner with the director again.
That’s intoxicating to be around and it pushes you to places that you’ve never been before.
He’s a big personality and I really enjoy working with him."
That being said, there’s one thing Dafoe likely won’t do again paint.
“I haven’t had the opportunity.
“Listen, I’m an actor first.
If I paint, I don’t want to do it as a hobby.
I love it too much.
So, at this point, no, I don’t think I’ll be painting.”
See the full list of nomineeshere.
