Baroness Haden-Guest won her first Oscar. Married since 1984 to screenwriter and composer Christopher Guest, The 64-year-old actress carries that noble title on a personal levelthough professionally he kept his original name intact throughout his prolific career: Jamie Lee Curtis.
Nevertheless, on Sunday, March 12, Curtis got the title he probably craved the most: the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress thanks to the film Everything, everywhere, all at onceavailable in Ecuador on Prime Video.
In a production that also won the Oscar for Best Picture, Curtis is primarily played (because the multiverse is derived from other stories) by Deirdre Beaubeirdre, a tax agent who torments the main character with her endless paperwork and procedures, Evelyn Quan Wang (Michelle Yeoh).
The daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis He gained world fame as a teenager in a horror film HalloweenDirected by John Carpenter 1978 and it will become a worldwide cult saga. His last part Halloween is endingwhere Curtis also appeared, was released in 2022. Her role as Laurie Strode, the protagonist, That’s what earned him his nickname scream queen.
“Laurie is a fictional example, but There are women all over the world in real life who live with the trauma inflicted on them without any support. It does not help. No bereavement counseling or family support, but they continue to persevere. They have tenacity, courage and a deep inner drive to exist and survive as human beings.“, he reflected in the interview about his beloved character.
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Its dominance over other film genres, such as romance (My girlfriend1991), drama (True lies1994) and comedy (A fish called Wanda1988), made Jamie the choice of directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, creators of a fantastic scenario Everything everywhere, at the same timefor the role of Deirdre, which even included action scenes!
“I know people like Deirdre Beaubeirdr who they use power to hide their loneliness. Their lives are in chaos, because they are alone and use their work as a way to have all power in the world.. I didn’t need to know the script. I didn’t have to understand that,” he commented in an interview with Los Angeles Times.
His contribution to the film, he admitted, is to separate the whole fantasy from the truth. “We live in a world of lies. Everywhere we look something false appears. I wear black yoga pants and a very specific black shirt. All day every day. I don’t wear makeup. I cut my hair short so I don’t have to do anything, because I’m obsessed with the truth; I am obsessed with exposing him“.
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After decades dedicated to acting, In her speech after receiving the Oscar, Curtis did not forget to thank everyone who followed her on the way to that famous moment.. “Good will: that’s what we carry with us,” Curtis said in a later interview with the show. Good morning America. “Not the golden statue, not the great things I talked about so much; is goodwill goodwill that gave birth to a film with a message of kindness, love and reunification at a time when we all seem to be really struggling with reunification. This is a film that says you are seen and loved“.
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