Innholdsfortegnelse for Award Special 7A February 2018 i The Hollywood Reporter

1 Nominee Margot Robbie’s skate consultant on I, Tonya, Sarah Kawahara, once choreographed routines for this real-life championship figure skater. A Sarah Hughes B Michelle Kwan C Nancy Kerrigan D Debi Thomas 2 For Phantom Thread, nominee Daniel Day-Lewis apprenticed for months under New York City Ballet costume department head Marc Happel, who taught the star how to sew, drape and design. Before his training was complete, the star made his wife, Rebecca Miller, a piece in this designer’s style: A Alexander McQueen B Cristobal Balenciaga C Christian Dior D Shayne Oliver 3 How many Cuban cigars did Gary Oldman smoke playing Winston Churchill during the 54-day shoot for Darkest Hour? A 150 B 200 C 300 D 400 4 Frances McDormand received her fifth acting nomination for Three Billboards.…

Hawkins faced several challenges on her way to landing a best actress nomination for The Shape of Water, her second following a best supporting actress nom for 2013’s Blue Jasmine. In Guillermo del Toro’s love story, her character, Elisa, a cleaning woman at a top-secret government facility, is mute (which meant the actress had to learn sign language) while her romantic interest (played by Doug Jones) is a fishlike creature with whom she engages in a lengthy dance scene. Del Toro wrote the role with Hawkins, 41, in mind, despite the fact that he’d never met her at the time. For her part, Hawkins credits Jones’ own humanity with allowing her to look past his rubber suit and see the human being beneath. What did you learn about acting by…

“I WANT TO THANK ALL THE WOMEN WHO I LOVE SO MUCH IN MY OWN LIFE AND WHO SUPPORT ME EVERY SINGLE DAY.”RONAN, AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES In the coming-of-age story, the Irish actress plays an eccentric 2000s-era teen growing up in California’s Central Valley, desperate to get out. Ronan, who at just 23 has earned her third Oscar nomination, spoke with THR about her “giggly” first meeting with writer-director Greta Gerwig and what Alanis Morissette can add to a set. How was that first meeting with Greta? We had Skyped beforehand, and we just got so giddy with each other. We were like giggly 16-yearolds on the phone. Then, when we saw each other for the first time, it was exactly the same thing. She was doing 20th Century…

Day-Lewis is known for his obsessive work as an actor, involving himself with every aspect of production and staying in character for the length of every shoot. In what the 60-year-old has said will be his last role, he channeled that intensity into Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, starring as Reynolds Woodcock, a passionate designer whose work comes before any of the women in his life, including muse Alma (Vicky Krieps) and sister Cyril (Lesley Manville). Manville, who scored a supporting actress nomination for her role, recalls their collaboration. “We grew up in London in the ’80s and the early part of the ’90s, so we had a big crossover of friends, but we never actually met,” she says. “I was asked to do Phantom Thread seven months before shooting…

“JORDAN PEELE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MY BROTHER. SO MANY PEOPLE DIDN’T BELIEVE IN ME, AND YOU DID. YOU MADE SOMETHING THAT MADE ALL OF US FEEL INCLUDED.”KALUUYA, AT THE NA ACP AWARDS From British TV to a small role in 2015’s Sicario to the lead in record-smashing cultural phenomenon Get Out, Kaluuya’s star trajectory has reached a new peak with his first Oscar nomination, not to mention a role in the movie of the moment, Black Panther. Speaking to THR, the 28-year-old Londoner describes the reaction to Get Out on the Black Panther set, especially from director Ryan Coogler, who knew immediately that things would never be the same for Kaluuya again. Are you now getting recognized on the street? It has changed. When I go to music festivals…

Manville is one of England’s most celebrated actresses — a frequent muse to filmmaker Mike Leigh and an Olivier-winning stage actress who’s worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre and Old Vic. But despite all of her accomplishments, Manville, 61, has not yet managed to entice Hollywood in the ways that some of her contemporaries — Emma Thompson, Helen Mirren, Tilda Swinton — have. All of that is now poised to change, however, thanks to her turn as Cyril Woodcock in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread. Manville has earned her first Oscar nomination for the darkly droll performance, playing the controlling sister to Daniel Day-Lewis’ obsessional couturier, Reynolds Woodcock. Manville spoke to THR from her home in the U.K. about making Phantom Thread — and what an Academy Award…

“I DIDN’T HAVE A TRAILER. I’D TALK TO THEM, THEY’D TALK TO ME. THOSE PEOPLE BECAME MY PEOPLE.”DAFOE, ON LIVING IN A MOTEL DURING SHOOTING As Bobby Hicks, the caring but beleaguered manager of the Magic Castle Motel in Sean Baker’s The Florida Project, Dafoe, 62, earned his third best supporting Oscar nomination — his first since 2000’s Shadow of the Vampire. The actor talked with THR about why he took the role, building the character and how awards season has changed since his first nomination, 30 years ago for Platoon. How fast do you know you want to do a film? A huge part was Sean Baker. When I saw Tangerine I put him on my radar. And when I saw he was going to do another film and…

“I THOUGHT, ‘MY GOD, HOW AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN NINE DAYS?’I LIKE TAKING RISKS.” PLUMMER Each fall, Plummer and his wife, Elaine Taylor, transform into snowbirds, moving their home base from Weston, Connecticut, to Palm Beach, Florida. But this year, those plans were waylaid in a major way when Plummer, 88, got a call in November about replacing disgraced actor Kevin Spacey in Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World, a herculean and nearly unprecedented effort considering that the movie — recounting the kidnapping of J. Paul Getty’s grandson — was done and scheduled for a Christmas release. Plummer said yes and was on set three days later. His nomination for his portrayal of the elder Getty makes him the oldest thespian ever…

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ACTOR Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Critics groups went hard for Timothee Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name), but this overdue vet has cleaned up everywhere else, snagging Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe and SAG honors. His transformation into Winston Churchill is just the sort of performance the Academy traditionally loves. Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq. It’s an old cliche, but “just being nominated” truly is the honor this year for the two-time Oscar winner whose film drew poor reviews, few ticket buyers and minimal awards buzz. He seems to know it, too, skipping the Nominees Luncheon. ACTRESS Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Twenty-one years after winning the top prize for Fargo, the actress looks poised to snag it again, having bagged every major precursor award. The only thing…

“Is that the douchebag from Lady Bird?”TIMOTHEE CHALAMET The 22-year-old actor, joking that he gets recognized more for his supporting role in the Greta Gerwig-directed film than he does for his Oscar-nominated lead turn in Call Me by Your Name. “If people see it as a ‘black film,’ it says more about them than us.”DANIEL KALUUYA The Get Out nominee on Black Panther, in which he also stars. “Life’s hard enough as it is. I don’t need a bad review.”LESLEY MANVILLE The Phantom Thread nominee, responding to mixed reviews for the Paul Thomas Anderson film. “If you’re truly egalitarian, you have to look at everyone.”OCTAVIA SPENCER The Shape of Water nominee, speaking out about women of color being underpaid in Hollywood and why she shared the story of Jessica Chastain helping…

Streep holds the record for acting Oscar nominations, with her work in Steven Spielberg’s The Post — playing Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham — marking her 21st nom. The co-screenwriters of The Post reveal what makes the 68-year-old star a dream collaborator. Liz Hannah I couldn’t ever imagine anybody else in this part. And every time I sat down to write it, I would be completely intimidated and terrified that Meryl would actually be doing it. What she brings to it is a deeper understanding of this character than anybody else, including all of the filmmakers involved. She lives this part so truthfully and with such empathy that she brings to every role. Josh Singer She’s not only the greatest actress — the greatest actor, I should say — of…

“WHAT EVERYONE IN THIS MOVIE DID IS TELL A STORY ABOUT CLASS IN AMERICA, TELL A STORY ABOUT THE DISENFRANCHISED, TELL A STORY ABOUT A WOMAN WHO WASN’T EMBRACED FOR HER INDIVIDUALITY, TELL A STORY ABOUT TRUTH AND THE PERCEPTION OF TRUTH IN THE MEDIA, AND THE TRUTHS WE TELL OURSELVES WHEN WE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING IN BED AND GO OUT AND LIVE OUR LIVES.”JANNEY, AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES Janney’s take on Tonya Harding’s mother, LaVona Golden, is the stuff of nightmares: She’s an abusive, acerbic skater mom who seems to prefer her pet bird over her daughter. The performance has earned Janney, 58, a slew of awards and her first-ever Oscar nomination. She spoke to THR about meeting the real Harding and what it was like to…

Spencer earned her second consecutive Oscar nomination, and third in six years, for her role as a kind-hearted custodian in Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water. In doing so, Spencer, 45, made history as the only African-American actress to receive back-to-back noms from the Academy (she also has one win under her belt — for supporting actress in 2011’s The Help). The actress, who stars opposite fellow nominees Sally Hawkins and Richard Jenkins, spoke with THR — while battling a cold, no less — about her latest accomplishment and why she takes issue with all those comparisons between her current role and characters she’s played in the past. What was your first meeting with Guillermo like? It was wonderful. I’m a huge fan, so I was over the moon.…

ACTRESS Sally Hawkins Frances McDormand Margot Robbie Saoirse Ronan Meryl Streep ACTOR Timothee Chalamet Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Kaluuya Gary Oldman Denzel Washington SUPPORTING ACTRESS Mary J. Blige Allison Janney Lesley Manville Laurie Metcalf Octavia Spencer SUPPORTING ACTOR Willem Dafoe Woody Harrelson Richard Jenkins Christopher Plummer Sam Rockwell…

“IT WAS TERRIFYING, BUT I WAS EXCITED TO BE SO FAR OUTSIDE MY COMFORT ZONE.”ROBBIE, ON PLAYING HARDING Robbie already was becoming known — for her breakout role in The Wolf of Wall Street and for playing the demented villain Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad — but the Australian actress, 27, proved her range by portraying infamous figure skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya. Robbie earned her first Oscar nomination for playing the ice champ from ages 15 through 40 in the dark comedy, which attempts to explain how an athlete with such raw talent could land at the center of the sport’s biggest scandal. Robbie spoke to THR about her favorite memories from the shoot and the awards-season circuit. What was it like to hear you’d been nominated? I…

“A SPECIAL THANKS TO ARMIE’S WIFE, ELIZABETH CHAMBERS, WHO LET ME CRAWL ALL OVER HER HUSBAND FOR TWO MONTHS.”CHALAMET, AT PALM SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL Chalamet’s awards season marathon began more than a year ago at the Sundance Film Festival, where Call Me by Your Name, Luca Guadagnino’s Italy-set romantic drama in which Chalamet stars as an erudite teen experiencing his first love, premiered. The actor, 22, who received his first nomination for his work opposite Armie Hammer, talked to THR about what he wishes he knew at the time and the talents he’s loved meeting during awards season. Do you have a memorable audience interaction? At the Sundance Film Festival, someone said that Michael Stuhlbarg’s monologue in the film, playing Mr. Perlman, was so impactful and that it was representative…

More than 30 years after he broke out playing the emaciated punk rocker Sid Vicious in Sid & Nancy, Oldman, 59, has ventured to the other side of both the waistline and the British class spectrum for Darkest Hour. It took a sizable effort to persuade the actor that he could become Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who led the U.K. through World War II, but the allied forces of producer Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten’s script, Joe Wright in the director’s chair, makeup artist extraordinaire Kazuhiro Tsuji, and a 14-pound fat suit and silicon face mask did the job. You’d turned down Winston Churchill roles before. Why? I just thought that the physicality was the biggest challenge. How the hell would I do that? If someone had said to me, Neville…

Not only did Blige, 47, receive her first acting Oscar nomination for playing Florence in Dee Rees’ post-World War II family drama, but with her nod for the original song “Mighty River,” from the Mudbound soundtrack, she became the first person to earn acting and songwriting nominations in the same year. What kinds of conversations did you have with director Dee Rees about your character early on? The early conversations were about what she would look like. Dee had a vision, and Dee’s vision is the vision we went with: We wanted Mary J. Blige to disappear. I had questions because I wanted her to look a certain way, but I’m glad we went with how Dee wanted her to look because it completely vanished me. I was having silly…

In Great Gerwig’s directorial debut, Lady Bird, Metcalf plays Marion McPherson, a tough mom who is trying to raise a daughter, Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), who wants nothing to do with her or their hometown of Sacramento. Metcalf, 62, who earned her first Oscar nomination for Lady Bird, spoke to THR about how her relationship with her own teenager affected her performance and the difficulties that come with having to drive and act simultaneously. What drew you to the part? I confessed to Greta that I was kind of going through a bit of it, living through a headstrong teenage relationship in my own home at the time. I just give all that credit to her for nailing that kind of a conflict during those late-teen years, where…

“I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK SAM ROCKWELL FOR BEING TOO YOUNG TO WIN THIS.”JENKINS, AT THE A ARP AWARDS Jenkins earned his second Oscar nomination for the role of Giles, a lonely gay artist who finds himself thrust into a dangerous plan to rescue a sensitive aquatic creature by his best friend and neighbor (played by fellow Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins) in Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water. The 70-year-old actor, whose career spans more than four decades, spoke to THR about what connected him to his character and what he learned from his first visit to the Oscars more than 10 years ago. What was your first meeting with Guillermo like? I didn’t meet with him — he sent me an email. He said, “I want you to…

“YOU’RE SUCH AN ACTOR-FRIENDLY DIRECTOR, THANKS FOR NOT BEING A DICK.”ROCKWELL, TO MCDONAGH AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES The third time turned out to be the charm for Rockwell, who received his first Oscar nomination for his work on Three Billboards, his third project with writer-director Martin McDonagh (after the Broadway play A Behanding in Spokane and 2012’s Seven Psychopaths). Rockwell, 49, who plays clueless, racist cop Jason Dixon, spoke to THR about his admiration of McDonagh, friendship with Woody Harrelson and that F-bomb on SNL. How do you choose your projects? It’s always initially an emotional response to the stuff. And then from there the material hits you or it doesn’t. Then you see who you’re working with. And that’s it. But with Martin McDonagh, it is also about my…